20 January 1877 happened: The first ship with electric projector

20/01/14

from Venice to the command of vessel captain Napoleone Canevaro the cruiser Cristoforo Colombo for a circumnavigation trip via the Suez Canal.

The unit is supplied, first Italian ship, the Siemens lighting dynamometer to illuminate points of the coast or illuminate surrounding areas of the sea, the electric projector.

Source: Military Navy

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