22/03/15 | History
23 March 1873: Corvette Caracciolo leaves Montevideo to repatriate
The command of the South American Station is assumed ad interim, waiting for the new commander (captain of frigate Michele Carpi, commander of the Guiscardo), by the captain ...
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22/03/15 | History
The 22 march happened ...
1906 - In Beijing the captain of the vessel Carlo Maria Novellis, commander of the armored cruiser Marco Polo at the berth in Shanghai, is received at the palace ...
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13/03/15 | History
13 March 1939: Establishment of the Navy Festival
Before the 1939, the Navy festival was celebrated on December 4, the feast of Saint Barbara, patron of the Armed Forces. Established the celebratory day and chosen the ...
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11/03/15 | History
11 March 1900: march towards the North Pole
An accident that occurred to Luigi di Savoia during a training march on the pack (amputation of some phalanges) at Christmas 1899 forced him to stay in the field and to give in ...
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03/03/15 | History
03 March 1977: Monte Serra's aerial blaze
That of 3 March had to be a normal settling flight. The students were enthusiastic about this experience that at the end of the fourth class could have brought ...
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27/02/15 | History
27 February 1911: First thalassographic campaign in the Adriatic
The campaign will be concluded in Ancona on 8 June. Source: Military Navy
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24/02/15 | History
24 February 1912: Sinking action of Turkish ships
The Ferruccio is positioned in such a way as to preclude the escape of the Turkish units while the Garibaldi takes a short distance from the entrance of the port to command the surrender. At the ...
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23/02/15 | History
23 February 1902: Combat Flag at Garibaldi
On this occasion, said Committee also donated a white silk banner on which the Marquise Eleonora Pallavicini had the Sailor's Prayer embroidered ...
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20/02/15 | History
20 February 1901: The last journey of the Andrea Provana
It is the last voyage of the ship that will be disarmed to be radiated. Source: Military Navy
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19/02/15 | History
19 February 1880: Radiata the battleship Messina
It had a displacement of 4313 tons with 6 cylindrical boilers that developed a power of 600 HP nominal for ...
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18/02/15 | History
18 February 1915: The Argonaut submarine is in service
Initially built on behalf of the Russian Navy with 11 March 1913 on the airport, the 5 is launched on July ...
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16/02/15 | History
16 February 1893: Lombardy enters service
The good evidence provided by the "Armstrong" type protected cruisers (Dogali and Bausan) advised Minister Brin to ...
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15/02/15 | History
15 February 1909: Delivered the submarine Foca
The most marked feature of this unit was to be equipped with three axis lines (the only Italian submarine) ...
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14/02/15 | History
14 February 1912: 200 shots fired by the Grenadier in the Italo-Turkish war
They are fired over 200 shots. The day before, in front of Moka (Bab el Mandeb strait), while the ship's launch is ...
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13/02/15 | History
13 February 1906: The new "pincer" torpedo launcher
Designed for high-speed units, it will not be practical to use on board the torpedo boats because the launching binds the unit 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 ...
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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 the commander Luigi Rizzo who, on 9 December 1917, with two Mas entered the port of ...
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It ended as it began. And as it will probably continue. Like Abbas al Musawi, his predecessor, so Hasan Nasr Allah fell under Israeli fire. Following the paradigm of Moshe Dayan,...
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Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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