Italian cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere (category Ships built in Castellammare di Stabia)
Maestrale, Libeccio, Grecale, and Scirocco) and the torpedo boats Pegaso, Orione, Orsa, Procione, Abba, and Pilo, formed the convoy's close escort. Significant...
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Castelfidardo Curtatone Monzambano Orsa class: 4 vessels Pegaso Procione Orione Orsa Ciclone class: 16 vessels Aliseo Animoso Ardente Ardimentoso Ardito...
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Less than 48 hours later, U-557 was rammed by the Italian Torpedo Boat Orione and sunk with all hands. 469 Navy 1943 United Kingdom HMS Charybdis – the...
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Orione 1st Fleet Admiral Inigo Campioni – Commander 5th Battleship Division Vice Admiral Bruto Brivonesi – Division Commander 2 battleships: Conte di...
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accidentally sunk less than 48 hours later, by the Italian torpedo boat Orione. On 15 December, Breconshire sailed from Alexandria escorted by three cruisers...
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Giolito – recording Marco Borsatti – recording Alessandro Di Guglielmo – engineering Giuseppe Spada – graphics Mauro Balletti – illustration "Mina Fossati...
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