Cossato is a municipality in the province of Biella, Italy, in the northwest part of Piedmont, 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) east of Biella. It has a population of about 14,804 and it spreads over an area of 27,74 km2, which makes it the second largest town in the Province of Biella. It is crossed by the Strona di Mosso stream.
Nazario Sauro was an Austrian-born Italian irredentist and sailor.
The Nazario Sauro class are diesel-electric submarines operated by the Italian Navy. All boats were built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone.
The Ciclone class were a group of torpedo boats or destroyer escorts built for the Italian Navy which fought in the Second World War. They were modified, slightly heavier, versions of the previous Orsa class, with improved stability and heavier anti-submarine armament. These ships were built as part of the Italian war mobilization programme and completed in 1942–43.
Carlo Fecia di Cossato was an officer in the Regia Marina, in command of submarines and torpedo boats during World War II. He was credited with the confirmed sinking of 23 enemy ships. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and of the Gold Medal of Military Valor, the highest decoration of the Italian Armed Forces.
The War Cross for Military Valor is an Italian order for military valor. Established in 1922, the cross may be awarded only in time of war.
Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia was an officer in the Italian Royal Navy, and was the highest-scoring Italian submarine captain of World War II.
Ezio Greggio is an Italian comedian, actor, writer and film director.
Salvatore Pelosi was an Italian naval officer who fought in World War II. As commander of the submarine Torricelli he made a gallant last stand against overwhelming British naval forces in June 1940.
BETASOM was a submarine base established at Bordeaux, France by the Regia Marina Italiana during World War II. From this base, Italian submarines participated in the Battle of the Atlantic from 1940 to 1943 as part of the Axis anti-shipping campaign against the Allies.
Operation Neuland was the German Navy's code name for the extension of unrestricted submarine warfare into the Caribbean Sea during World War II. U-boats demonstrated range to disrupt United Kingdom petroleum supplies and United States aluminum supplies which had not been anticipated by Allied pre-war planning. Although the area remained vulnerable to submarines for several months, U-boats never again enjoyed the opportunities for success resulting from the surprise achieved by the submarines participating in this operation.
The action off Bastia was a naval battle fought on 9 September 1943 off Corsica's principal port of Bastia in the Tyrrhenian Sea, part of the Mediterranean Sea. It was one of the few successful Italian reactions to Operation Achse, and one of the first acts of resistance by the Italian armed forces against Nazi Germany after the armistice of Cassibile.
Leonardo da Vinci this name has been borne by at least four ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to:
Enrico Tazzoli was one of three Calvi-class submarines built for the Regia Marina during the 1930s. Completed in 1936, she played a minor role in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 supporting the Spanish Nationalists. She operated in the Atlantic during the Second World War and was second only to the submarine Leonardo da Vinci as the highest scoring Italian submarine of the conflict. Enrico Tazzoli was converted in 1943 to be a submarine transport for blockade-running between Europe and the Far East. She was lost on her first voyage in this role.
Nazario Sauro was the lead boat of the Sauro-class submarines of the Italian Navy.
Guglielmo Marconi was a Sauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.
Salvatore Pelosi is aSauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.
Giuliano Prini is aSauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.
Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia is a Sauro-class submarine of the Italian Navy.
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