For the balloons, refueling operations at sea (hydrogen, bombs and fuel) were put in place by the steamship Heracles at anchor, with risk for the two aircraft due to bad weather.
In this cycle of aerial actions the vessel lieutenant Guido Scelsi, in particular, was the first to carry out an aerial bombardment with airship, as mentioned in the motivation of the concession of the knight's cross of the military order of Savoy.
Source: Military Navy
