The Italian submarine Axum was an Adua-class submarine built in the 1930s, serving in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after an ancient city of Axum in Ethiopia.
Axum
HMS Nigeria listing after being hit by Axum's torpedo
Torpedo from Axum striking SS Ohio
Motoscafo armato silurante, alternatively Motoscafo antisommergibili and commonly abbreviated as MAS, was a class of fast torpedo-armed vessels used by the Regia Marina during World War I and World Wa
Camouflaged World War II MAS in the Mediterranean Sea
An early MAS, from a magazine article published in January 1917
An Italian sailor manning a quick-firing gun, a 1-pounder (37 mm) Hotchkiss, on a MAS, 1917
The Italian torpedo boat MAS 528 on Lake Ladoga in June 1942, during the Siege of Leningrad