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On Nov. 6, 2019, around 6.00 PM LT, An AgustaWestland SH101A of the Italian Navy (coded 2-08) crashed aboard the Horizon-class AAW destroyer Caio Duilio. The six crew members survived the crash. SH-101A (EH-101MPH Mod 110) helicopter belonging to the 1° Gruppo Elicotteri (Helicopter Squadron) from Luni of the Italian …

On 19 December in 1941, limpet mines placed by Italian divers sink the HMS Valiant (1914) and HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) in Alexandria harbour. The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy divers, members of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, who attacked and disabled two …