11 happened April 1882: Enter the battleship Dandolo

11/04/14

the new battleship Dandolo of the "Duilio" class under the command of the ship captain Emerick Acton is in service in Spice. The unit will carry out the last car and speed tests in the Ligurian waters and will complete the crew training, which will keep it busy until October.

After 18 years from the assignment of the first motto (armored frigate Regina Maria Pia, 1864) the Dandolo was able to boast of its own: Here we must win.

Source: Military Navy

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