Friday - 2nd class propeller notice goes into service look-out. Set in 1862 on the Foce shipyard (Genoa) and launched 24 October 1866 was part of the "Persano" program, was the first military ship with an iron hull built in an Italian shipyard.
Monday - The High Court of Justice gathered in a public hearing in Florence recognizes Admiral Carlo Pellion of Persano guilty of the crimes of non-fulfillment of the mission and of non-observance of orders, condemning him to leave the service, the loss of the degree and the court costs .
Thursday - The battle ship is delivered in La Spezia Regina Margherita of the same name on two units, placed under the command of the captain of ship Leone Viale.
Tuesday - The armored cruiser Varese under the command of the frigate captain Pasquale Scognamiglio and the torpedo cruiser Agordat (photo) under the command of the frigate captain Carlo Lazzoni temporarily detached from the Naval Force of the Mediterranean, they arrive in Algiers on a special mission to pay tribute to the president of the French Republic Èmile Loubet on a visit to the city.
Sunday - The automatic gun from 7,65 mm of Metallurgica Bresciana already Tempini (MBT) was introduced for Army officers and modified for the Navy.
Thursday - The Ministry of the Navy is authorized by the Parliament to transfer the vessel free of charge to the Municipality of Rome North Star to be used as a recreational and educational center for the training of young people for life and seafaring exercises.
Friday - ITALIAN-TURKISH CONFLICT 1911-1912 - Turkish-Arabian formations attack Italian positions on Macabez peninsula rejected by troop fire and by the action of the two airships P.2 (commander, lieutenant of vessel Salvatore Denti of Pirajno) e P.3 (commander, lieutenant of vessel Guido Scelsi.).
Saturday - The real cruiser / ship enters service in Naples Savoy under the command of vessel captain Saverio Marra. Designed by the inspector of Naval Engineers Carlo Vigna, built in Castellammare di Stabia with the 4 July 1880 setting and 25 Jun 1883 launched, had a displacement of 2853t and was equipped with an engine Ansaldo of 3340hp able to impress a speed of 14,5 nodes.
Tuesday - The new tower battleship enters service in Spezia Dandolo of the "Duilio" class under the command of vessel captain Emerick Acton. The unit will carry out the last tests of cars and speed in the Ligurian waters and will complete the training of the crew, an activity that will keep it busy until the month of October.
"Voloire" with this name was traditionally defined as the specialty of the artillerymen on horseback constituted in two batteries in the Arma Sarda 8 of April 1831.
07 / 04 / 2015 - Seventy years ago one of the most desperate but at the same time "magnificent" pages of the Second World War was celebrated in the waters of the Pacific. With the unacceptable defeat now clearly on the horizon, he left for his last mission Yamato.
Monday - Vice-Admiral Carlo Rocca Rey, upon request, leaves the post of Chief of Naval Staff.
He is replaced by Rear Admiral Paolo Thaon of Revel (pictured) who the day after will officially assume the job.
Sunday - A Spezia during the course of a solemn ceremony in the presence of the Royals, the battleship descends into the sea from the Arsenal's port Andrea Doria, of the "Duilio" class, second unit to bear the name.
Sunday - The fall of the government Depretis (5 °) that will happen to itself in the leadership of the country, leads to a change in the ministerial structure. Minister of the Navy is appointed for the third time the Inspector General of the Naval Engineers Corps Benedetto Brin, a Member of Parliament.
Thursday - Torpedoere ram Calabria (commander, frigate captain Enrico Marenco di Moriondo) engaged in a circumnavigation trip arrives in Yokohama from Australia after having stopped in anchorages and ports of New Guinea, of the island of Ceram, of Celebes, in Labuan (Borneo) - rich in vivid Salarian reminiscences (Emilio Salgari, La perla di Labuan), and in Manila.
Tuesday - During a violent storm the armed elder Porto Cervo is shipwrecked in Hafun (northern coast migiurtina).
To solve the problem of the war in the Balkans, the Italian Navy already in 1940 began to think of an attack in the eastern Mediterranean basin to the British convoys that brought men and vehicles to Greece to support them.
Friday - In Venice a Curtiss Flying Boat seaplane, under the command of which was the chief helmsman of 2a class Enrico Mendoza crashes into the sea at San Nicolò di Lido due to failure during a training flight.
Wednesday - Cruiser Cristoforo Colombo under the command of the frigate captain Inigo Suardo Guevara leaves Venice for an important diplomatic mission in the Red Sea.
Monday - The Evolution Division of Admiral Vacca parked in Syracuse receives the order to move to gravitate between Messina and Palermo due to the internal situation of the island troubled by hostile gangs that it is feared may encourage revolts in the two cities.