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The Italian cruiser San Giorgio was the name ship of her class of two armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the first decade of the 20th century. Commissioned in 1910, the ship was badly damaged when she ran aground before the start of the Italo-Turkish War in 1911, although she was repaired before its end.
San Giorgio aground in 1913. San Giorgio ran aground in August 1911 off Naples-Posillipo; [10] heavily damaged, she was under repair until June 1912, missing most of the Italo-Turkish War. San Marco supported the occupations of Benghazi and Derna, Libya during the war and bombarded the fortifications defending the entrance to the Dardanelles. [11]
14 September — storm damaged brig San Giorgio drifted onto the Crim Rocks, then cleared and partially sank on her side with her crew rescued by the schooner Galway. San Giorgio drifted out to sea and was found 60 miles (97 km) offshore. She was towed back to Scilly by a schooner and fifteen pilot-cutters with all her cargo of olive oil and ...
San Giorgio this name has been borne by at least three ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian cruiser San Giorgio, a San Giorgio-class cruiser launched in 1908 and scuttled in 1941. Italian destroyer San Giorgio, launched in 1941 as the Capitani Romani-class cruiser Pompeo Magno she was rebuilt as a destroyer and renamed in 1955 ...
Castello Brown is a historic house museum located high above the harbour of Portofino, northern Italy.Its site has been used for military defence since Roman times. As a Genoese coastal fort, it was called the Castello di San Giorgio.
The San Jose was sunk by British navy in 1708 off the Colombian port of Cartagena. ... When the wreck was discovered in November 2015, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said the treasure was ...
San Giorgio (ex Pompeo Magno) was the first to enter service in 1955 and was modified again from 1963 to 1965 to become a training ship until 1980. San Marco (ex Giulio Germanico) was scuttled by the Germans after the incomplete ship fell into German hands following the Italian Armistice. Following the war, the vessel was raised, rebuilt and ...
The San Giorgio class are amphibious transport docks (LPD) [1] [2] built by Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. These ships can carry a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armored vehicles. These ships can carry a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armored vehicles.