29/08/14 | History
29 Happened August 1913: The Naval History Office is founded
Provision of high cultural value that stands out for the preservation and enrichment of the spiritual, cultural and traditions of the Armed Forces. Office...
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29/08/14 | History
29 Happened August 1870: The Navy replaces the old rifles
Source: Military Navy
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28/08/14 | History
28 Happened August 1869: The Arsenal of La Spezia was inaugurated
Work will continue in the following years through further enlargements up to the 1900, when the arsenal will reach its final configuration and full operation. Source...
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27/08/14 | History
27 happened on August 1896: The Volturno in Zanzibar
Il Volturno, which will provide protection, in addition to the Italian consulate, the Austrian and French consulate, the care of the wounded and the hospitalization on board of the Italian community and ...
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26/08/14 | History
26 happened on August 1908: The King in Portoferraio to inspect base
[Passenger naval base was a naval base of temporary use, mainly used in the concentration of merchant and military units in view of the formation of a convoy ...
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25/08/14 | History
25 was born on August 1913: Royal Navy Aviation School
The school that depends on the command of the department is headed by vessel lieutenant Manlio Ginocchio, former commander of the Centocelle Army school and patented ...
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25/08/14 | History
25 happened on August 1862: Garibaldi landed on the continent
The commanders of the two frigates Duca di Genova and Vittorio Emanuele, sent in reinforcement by Genoa in early August, (3.415 t, 52 cannons) cruising in front of Catania, the ...
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23/08/14 | History
24 happened August 1895: Liguria starts almost unscathed
The long period spent by the unit in Brazil went almost unscathed from infections, having occurred only on board a case of yellow fever, but in the estuary of the Rio de la ...
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23/08/14 | History
23 Happened August 1913: The Academy Expansion
[Previously the academy was built in the area of the San Jacopo hospital and only later, with the works ...
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21/08/14 | History
The Navy's fleet prepares for the Great War
The Taranto base was chosen, in relation to Italian neutrality, to avoid any susceptibility either from ...
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19/08/14 | History
20 happened August 1911: The Navy to maneuvers with the Army
Both belong organically to the Army but some planes (four), despite the use ...
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19/08/14 | History
Centenary ago: the prodromes of the Great Italian War
The progressive increase in tension between the central empires and the Entente nations and the ever-increasing ferment ...
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19/08/14 | History
19 Happened August 1912: First Italian patented on seaplanes
Already on Monday 30 August of 1909 in Vigna di Valle, after an ascension of examination, the vessel lieutenant Guido ...
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18/08/14 | History
18 Happened August 1911: First Official of the GN with the Eagle
Source: Military Navy
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17/08/14 | History
17 Happened August 1915: Sunk the Jalea Submarine
Of the crew of 18 men only six survivors manage to leave the boat but only one, the torpedo boat Arturo ...
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16/08/14 | History
16 Happened August 1914: The First Sunken Austrian Ship
In the action that followed, Ulan managed to slip away and return to Cattaro while the Zenta (commander, captain of ...
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15/08/14 | History
The Panama Canal is one hundred years old
It is a titanic work of the early years of the '900, conducted among a thousand difficulties and sacrifices, which redefined the ...
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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 ...
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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 Roma, San Martino, Venezia and the Authion notice, has the mission of ...
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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 officer ...
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Syria: The Most Vile Betrayal
Do you see this photo? It is from 2015. Behind me, there are the faces of some of the tens of thousands of soldiers and volunteers who sacrificed their lives to defend their homeland. The...
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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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