🇮🇹ZARA - Italian heavy cruiser - view of her aft twin turrets w/ 203mm/53 (8”) Ansaldo Model 1927 guns.
The ships motto “TENACEMENTE”, meaning “TENACIOUSLY”, written on the turret - trained ‘Over The Shoulder’.
NH 86121
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Date: April 11, 1936. Location: 40°28'37"N, 17°14'43"E. Event: Italian heavy cruisers Fiume (in the foreground) and Gorizia are berthed in the naval base of Taranto during a break from activities. Note at least 7 of Turbine-class destroyers lined up in the background.
My piece for @comando_supremo on the battle of the "Tarigo convoy" in April 1941. Special thanks to @Matt4noli for restoring the pictures of the Officers involved
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@CiarliniKoerner@ITM_archives In theory, admiral hats have a different embroidery than that of officers and according to the photo it seems to me that they are different even if I could be wrong.