
29/12/15 | History
The clash in the Otranto Canal of December 1915
On December 29, 1915, in the very same waters where the rescue of the passengers and crew of the Norman Atlantic ferry took place, a battle was fought that ...
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29/12/15 | History
29 December 1881: The rangefinder on board
Thursday - The rangefinder designed by Rear Admiral Luigi Fincati is installed on board the units to quickly measure the distances of objects of which one knows or can ...
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28/12/15 | History
28 December 1908: Earthquake in Messina
Monday - At 05.21 a series of seismic tremors lasting 37 "with an intensity that reaches 10 ° on the Mercalli scale is produced on the Sicilian and Calabrian sides of the ...
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26/12/15 | History
26 December 1872: Established the Hydrographic Office of the Regia Marina
Thursday - The Hydrographic Office of the Regia Marina, which replaces the central office ...
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25/12/15 | History
25 December 1911: Giovanni Pascoli for the military in Tripolitania
Monday - Cards published by the "Maritime Magazine" are distributed to the crews of the United Naval Forces bearing in print the ode to Christmas Night written by Giovanni ...
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23/12/15 | History
23 December 1916: Delivered the Audace destroyer
Saturday - The destroyer Audace, the only unit of the class, built in the local Yarrow yard of Scotstown with setting on the ...
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22/12/15 | History
22 December 1863: The Magenta corvette enters service
Tuesday - The 1st order Magenta propeller corvette enters service in Genoa. The unit will carry out preliminary training in Ligurian waters and then move to Naples, headquarters ...
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21/12/15 | History
21 December 1915: Giuseppe Miraglia TV dies
Tuesday - Lieutenant Giuseppe Miraglia, at the controls of his hydro Albatros, dies in a flight accident during an engine test on the sky of the Venice lagoon ...
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19/12/15 | History
19 December 1904: The Dogali dates back to the Amazon River
Monday - Salpa from S. Maria of Belem (Brazil) the ram tightrunters Dogali under the command of the frigate captain Gregorio ...
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18/12/15 | History
18 December 1941: Alexandria Night
"The assault vehicle is the only means of war that asks itself the prodigious characteristic to realize ...
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16/12/15 | History
16 December 1902: International blockade of Venezuela for unpaid debts
Tuesday - After the ultimatums of the British, Germanic and Italian governments, the blockade of the Venezuelan coast begins with ...
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16/12/15 | History
16 December 1878: Law "BRIN"
Monday - Law on staff reorganization, better known as the "Brin Law". They are military bodies, each ...
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15/12/15 | History
15 December 1905 The first submarine torpedo boat enters service
Friday - The submarine Glauco enters service in Venice, the first unit of the homonymous class of five boats, ...
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14/12/15 | History
December 14, 1941, with the raiders on board the submarine Scirè heads south. Everything is ready for the Alexandria enterprise
After sailing from La Spezia to Leros (read the previous part of the story), refueling and repairs in the ...
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14/12/15 | History
14 December 1911: The airships in the Italian-Turkish war
Thursday - The airships P.2 and P.3, of the so-called "semi-rigid" type, are deflated, disassembled and loaded in Naples on the ...
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13/12/15 | History
13 December 1896: Admirals Committee established
Sunday - The new body has competence on issues related to mobilization, studies on the Naval Forces and ...
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12/12/15 | History
12 December 1940: Clash off Libya
A sudden snow storm forces some British units, engaged in a bombing of the Libyan coast, to ...
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11/12/15 | History
11 December 1942: Navy Raiders force Algiers harbor
To counter the maneuvers of the Allies in Africa, the Italian Navy plans and carries out a foray into the ...
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10/12/15 | History
10 December 1981: Assigned to the 2 ° MARISTAELI Group Catania the first AB 212 ASW helicopter
The ASW version of the ultra-modern Agusta Bell helicopter begins his career at the Navy operational units ...
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09/12/15 | History
9 December 1941, the Scirè submarine reaches Lero. The Alexandria company is approaching
After departure (read the first part of the story), on 3 December 1941 "The navigation of the Scirè, completed ...
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