The ceremony takes place both at the national monument to the “Sailor of Italy” in Brindisi and in the waters of the archipelago of La Maddalena aboard the multi-role frigate Margottini.
The commemorative day is dedicated to the day in which the sinking of the battleship Roma is remembered.
It was September 9, 1943 when the battleship Roma, hit by a German plane, sank with 1393 sailors in the Gulf of Asinara. On the same day, near the mouths of Bonifacio, the destroyers Da Noli and Vivaldi sank after engaging in combat against enemy air, sea and coastal vehicles: 270 victims.
The royal ship Roma, one of the most important memorials of the navy, was identified on June 17, 2012. Part of the wreck lies about a thousand meters deep about 16 miles from the Sardinian coast.
Source: Military Navy
