Also the headquarters of the Port Authority-Coast Guard of Crotoneon the way Mixture from Ripe 5, will open its doors next Monday, June 10thon the occasion of Navy Day Military. The public will thus be able to visit the command from 9 to 11.
Navy Day was established on March 13, 1939in memory of one of the most significant ed bold actions carried out on the sea during the WWI: the company of Premuda.
This is a brilliant one and bold naval action which was carried out during the night between on 9 and 10 June 1918 when a section of two MAS, acronym that stands for Armed torpedo motorboat or Anti-submarine motorboatused by the Royal Navy as a fast assault vessel, under the command of the Lieutenant Commander Luigi Rizzoleft the port of Ancona heading towards the island of Premuda where he should have made a normal activity of vigilance to ascertain the presence in the area of minefields.
During the missionhowever, the units they intercepted the powerful naval squadron Austrian composed by two battleshipsa destroyer And six torpedo boats which, coming out of the enemy base in Pulawas heading towards the Otranto Canal.
Thus was born one of the most brilliant actions naval of the First World War, during which, at the conclusion of an attack conducted with incredible audacity and great expertise, the Commander Rizzo torpedoed and sank the battleship “Santo Stefano”.
