Paolo Thaon di Revel
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Paolo Camillo Thaon, Marquess of Revel, latterly titled with the honorary title of 1st Duke of the Sea, was an Italian admiral of the Regia Marina during World War I and later a politician.
Signature of P. (Thaon) di Revel as President of the Italian Senate on the race law of 17 November 1938.
Regia Marina
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The Regia Marina or Royal Italian Navy was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. In 1946, with the birth of the Italian Republic, the Regia Marina changed its name to Marina Militare.
Paolo Thaon di Revel
…Thaon, Marquess of Revel (10 June 1859 – 24 March 1948), latterly titled with the honorary title of 1st Duke of the Sea, was an Italian admiral of the Regia Marina during World War I and later a politician. Thaon di Revel was born in Turin from a family of the Savoyard and Niçard nobility of Scottish descent, a…
The Sea Battle of Lissa, by Carl Frederik Sørensen, 1868
Szent István low in the water, after being torpedoed by Italian MAS boats
Duilio after refitting
Amerigo Vespucci, launched in 1931; here in the harbor of New York, 1976