History

18/11/15 | History

18 November 1862: The first floor of the Regia Marina was presented in Parliament

Tuesday - The minister presents a bill in Parliament for the organic plan of the Navy, the first of the Regia Marina which provides a naval line centered on 24 ...

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17/11/15 | History

17 November 1860, the Navy is born

"The undersigned, responsible for the administration of the things of the sea of a State located in the middle of the Mediterranean, rich in enviable extension of coasts and a large ...

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17/11/15 | History

17 November 1869: Opening for navigation of the Suez Canal

Wednesday - Opening to navigation of the Suez Canal solemnly inaugurated with a long line of ships, at the head of which the Aigle, imperial yacht ...

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16/11/15 | History

16 November 1895: Italian ships in defense of compatriots during the "Hamidian massacres"

Saturday - The 1a Division of the Active Naval Team (battleships Re Umberto and Andrea Doria, Stromboli and Etruria torpedo boats, Partenope torpedo cruiser) at ...

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16/11/15 | History

16 November 1876: The first "cruise ship" enters service

Thursday - The steamship Cristoforo Colombo enters service in Venice, the first "cruise ship", part of the "Riboty" naval program of the 1872, forerunner of the future ...

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13/11/15 | History

13 November 1891: The Royals at the inauguration of the National Exposition in Palermo

Friday - Transportation America under the command of vessel captain Carlo Alberto Puliga Quigini with the King and Queen on board to sail from Naples to Palermo with the honor escort ...

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12/11/15 | History

54 years ago the Kindu massacre

54 years have passed since the tragic days of Kindu, the first international mission that the Air Force, with the personnel and means of the 46 ^ Air Brigade of Pisa, faced ...

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12/11/15 | History

12 November 1903: Liguria in Santo Domingo to protect compatriots

Thursday - After a long stay in New Orleans where he had received an excellent welcome from the authorities and citizens, the torpedo boat Liguria under the command of the captain of ...

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11/11/15 | History

11 November 1910: Delivery of combat flags for Riflemen, Alpine, Pontiere, Carabiniere and Corazziere

Friday - In Livorno during a solemn ceremony the flags of combat are handed over to ...

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09/11/15 | History

"And I pay for the plane!", Porec 8 November 1916

Waters of Porec, in Istria, dawn of 8 November 1916. Thick fog. Cold and humidity penetrate the bones ...

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09/11/15 | History

09 November 1897: Peace treaty signed for the Crete crisis

Tuesday - In Greece the peace treaty between Greece and the Sublime Porte is signed. Greece thanks to ...

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08/11/15 | History

08 November 1900: The Cross established by seniority of service

Thursday - The Cross for seniority of service coined in gold is installed, surmounted by the royal crown for ...

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07/11/15 | History

07 November 1915: Sinking of the "Ancona" steamer

Sunday - Late morning the Germanic submarine U 38 (commander, vessel lieutenant Max Valentiner) flying ...

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05/11/15 | History

05 November 1916: The armed train arrives

The armed train No. 1, intervenes with cannons from 120 against three Austrian destroyers that have bombed the ...

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05/11/15 | History

05 November 1911: First flight in Italy by seaplane

Sunday - Captain GN Alessandro Guidoni, pilot, flies a Farman terrestrial biplane on the coast of Spezia ...

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04/11/15 | History

04 November 1918: Victory Day

In addition to conquering Victory over the sea, the Navy fights alongside the Army in the battle of Vittorio Veneto ...

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04/11/15 | History

04 November 1903: Giolitti Minister of the Navy waiting for Admiral Carlo Mirabello

Wednesday - Following the resignation presented to the King on October 21 by Prime Minister Avv. Giuseppe Zanardelli who ...

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02/11/15 | History

02 November 1915: New weapons introduced for the Great War

Tuesday - The first two motorboats "SVAN from 12 tons" (Built on a project by the Società Veneziana Automobili ...

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01/11/15 | History

01 November 1918: The sinking of Viribus Unitis

The eldest of the Naval Genius Raffaele Rossetti and the medical lieutenant of the Navy Raffaele Paolucci violate the ...

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01/11/15 | History

01 November 1893: Adopted the time with reference to the Greenwich meridian

Wednesday - The central European meridian time is adopted which is an hour ahead of Greenwich mean time. TO...

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