16/02/15 | History
16 February 1893: Lombardy enters service
The good evidence provided by the protected cruisers of the "Armstrong" type (Dogali and Bausan) advised Minister Brin to entrust the then 1st class chief engineer of the Engineers ...
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15/02/15 | History
15 February 1909: Delivered the submarine Foca
The most marked feature of this unit was that it was equipped with three axis lines (the only Italian submarine) driven by three petrol engines for a total power of ...
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14/02/15 | History
14 February 1912: 200 shots fired by the Grenadier in the Italo-Turkish war
200 shots are fired over. The day before, in front of Moka (strait of Bab el Mandeb), while the lance on board is about to reach an elder stopped for the visit, from the ground ...
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13/02/15 | History
13 February 1906: The new "pincer" torpedo launcher
Designed for fast units, it will have no practical use aboard the torpedo boats because the launch binds the unit to the route of attack making it longer exposure to ...
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12/02/15 | History
12 February 1898: First steps of the typewriter in the office
For administrative and legal acts (ie, decrees, contracts, minutes, certificates, etc.) the use of the typewriter is absolutely forbidden since they must ...
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11/02/15 | History
11 February 1886: The fight against the slave trade begins
Source: Military Navy
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10/02/15 | History
10 February 1918: MAS incursion of cf Ciano to Buccari
Famous are the exploits of Commander Luigi Rizzo who, on 9 December 1917, with two Mas, entered the port of Trieste and sank the battleship Wien. On February 10, 1918, ...
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08/02/15 | History
08 February 1889: The Dogali on a mission to the sultanate of Obbia
After long and hard negotiations, to which the lieutenant Edoardo Ferrara actively participates, he will be ...
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06/02/15 | History
06 February 1915: Europe for transformation arrives in La Spezia
The interventions carried out in the Arsenale La Spezia which lasted until June, concentrated on the main areas ...
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06/02/15 | History
06 February 1881: N.1 and N.2 torpedo boats enter service
The two units are temporarily armed by a crew of 13 people: a commander vessel lieutenant, three ...
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05/02/15 | History
05 February 1913: The Atropo submarine enters service
The construction at a German construction site responded to the intention to experiment with a type of submarine that already ...
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02/02/15 | History
02 February 1866: The Navy's most important oceanic campaign starts
The journey that will arouse keen interest both for being the first circumnavigation of the globe of the Regia Marina and for ...
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31/01/15 | History
31 January 1896: Italian ships in rescue of Christians in Crete
To the Etna landing company will be added in the first days of February the battleship King Umberto (...
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30/01/15 | History
30 January 1910: First officers to conduct the "lighter than the air"
They will be the first Navy officers destined to drive and conduct the "lighter than air" vehicle that already ...
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29/01/15 | History
29 January 1865: Twice Magellano for the first time
Source: Military Navy
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26/01/15 | History
25 January 1942: Cape Horn and the invisible sailors of Pietro Orseolo
The same route has already been traveled by the motorship Cortellazzo, passing through that same arm of the sea the ...
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26/01/15 | History
26 January 1887: The Dogali massacre
Only one officer and 86 soldiers will be saved. The situation will require vigorous intervention to strengthen the ...
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26/01/15 | History
26 January 1883: First Italian cruiser
Built in Castellammare di Stabia and launched the 12 June 1881, the Flavio Gioia of 2760 t, with mixed propulsion to ...
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Letters to Defense Online: "Carabinieri and sinking of the Garibaldi"
Mine is not meant to be a sterile controversy but after more than thirty years of wearing the uniform I consider it a "fair" controversy. Decisions regarding the size and composition of forces...
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