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PRINCIPE UMBERTO |
PRINCIPE UMBERTO Sister of Regina Elena. B Cantieri Navale Riuniti, Palermo. T 7,838g, 4,115n. D 476.1/145.12. E By builder at Ancona. 1908 Mar 31: Launched. 1909 May 13: M/v Genoa-South America. 1916 Troop ship. June 9: With three other troop transports ( Re Vittorio, Ravenna and fosto) and a destroyer escort the ship was crossing the lower Adriatic. Two AustroHungarian submarines attacked but only Principe Umberto was hit by U 5 and she sank off Vallona with 64 dead. |
Username | Piero Casiglia |
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Added on | 23/12/2007 |
Dimension | 799 x 514 |
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