15/08/14 | History
15 Happened August 1895: Lost the Tiber Tank
[La Tevere was the former British Voodok built at the Thompson shipyard in Northwich; had a displacement of 960 t with length of 46,3 meters. She entered service in ...
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14/08/14 | History
14 Happened August 1873: In Spain in defense of compatriots
The naval group composed of the armored frigates Rome, San Martino, Venice and the Authion notice, has the mission to protect the compatriots and their belongings during the hard ...
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12/08/14 | History
12 happened on August 1863: The register of military ships matriculation
A forerunner of today's registration register of the ship, today kept on board and updated by the enrollee. Source: Marina Militare
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10/08/14 | History
10 August 1916: the sacrifice of Nazario Sauro
In the early hours of the 31 July 1916 the submarine Giacinto Pullino ran aground on the rock of the Galiola (at the mouth of the Kvarner bay, a stretch of sea that narrows between ...
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10/08/14 | History
The 10 August 1865 Happened: Body Infantry Reparation RM
Following these reductions the strength of each regiment is of 1887 men of which 59 official. Source: Marina Militare
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08/08/14 | History
08 Happened August 1889: Pajamas Push in Service
Project of Sir Philip Watts, Piedmont represented in the field of protected cruisers a remarkable progress compared to the previous units of the type for the heaviest and ...
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07/08/14 | History
07 happened on August 1912: Tests from the top of underwater visibility
These are identified from an altitude of 600 m: first the one painted white, then the light blue and finally the red one. Some bombs of the type ... are also thrown at them.
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06/08/14 | History
06 Happened August 1928: Submissive F 14 Sinked
[23 was launched on January 1917 and 18 entered service on March of the same year; displaced 262 / 319 t for a length of 45,6 meters and, in emergence exploited a motor ...
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06/08/14 | History
06 Happened August 1894: Latest Washington Campaign
It will be the last hydrographic campaign by the now old unit which subsequently moved to La Spezia, will be placed in ...
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05/08/14 | History
05 Happened August 1915: Sunken Nereide Submarine
The Nereid sinks in two sections with the total loss of the crew, 20 men (two officers, four ...
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05/08/14 | History
05 Happened August 1915: Last Mission of the City of Jesi
Drop the bombs, the airship tries to resume the way back but the damage caused by the opposing reaction does not ...
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04/08/14 | History
04 happened on August 1903: First conference on radiotelegraphy
On the other hand, given the state of the art of radiotelegraphy, it was not possible to establish precise rules for ...
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02/08/14 | History
02 happened on August 1897: The Duke of Abruzzi in Alaska
Source: Military Navy
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01/08/14 | History
They said of him: Revel's Thaon
In the work "The naval war in the Mediterranean (1914-1918)" by Paul Halpern, published by the Naval Institute Press of ...
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01/08/14 | History
The 01 August 1904 Happened: Fine Dolphin Upgrading
Subsequently, from the 17 to the September 27, the boat will be relocated as a trailer of the high-sea towboat Ciclope ...
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30/07/14 | History
The 30 July 1900 Happened: King Killing of Umberto
The Military Newspaper for the Navy and the order books of the ministry will respectively bring the cover page and ...
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28/07/14 | History
The 29 July 1862 Happened: Eurydice Ship for Summer Campaign
The campaign, as well as practicing the students to life on the sea, had the equally important purpose of bridging ...
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25/07/14 | History
Great War, the Regia Marina on Lake Garda
With the undertaking of Premuda, conducted at the dawn of 10 June 1918 by the commander Rizzo with the MAS 15 and 21, Italy defined ...
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25/07/14 | History
The 25 July 1908 Happened: Gold at the Olympic Games in London
It is the first gold medal that the Italian Federation wins at the Olympics. Returned to Spezia for the last few weeks ...
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25/07/14 | History
25 happened July 1893: Corinth channel inaugurated
[The channel, along 6345 m, wide 256 me deep about 8 m with the beginning of the excavations in the 1881, was built on design ...
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