Console Generale Liuzzi was an Italian Liuzzi -class ocean-going submarine of the Regia Marina , launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940 by Royal Navy destroyers. It was named after Alberto Liuzzi (1898–1937), a console generale (brigadier general) of the Blackshirts .
5-565: The four submarines of the Liuzzi -class were armed with a single 100 mm (4 in) deck gun, four 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns in twin mounts and eight 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes , with four reloads for a total of twelve torpedoes carried. Liuzzi was built at the Tosi Shipyard in Taranto . She was laid down on 1 October 1938 and launched on 17 September 1939. Liuzzi
10-420: The sinking submarine. Even if the submarine was destroyed without sinking any enemy ships, it is remembered because of the sacrifice of its commander Lorenzo Bezzi. The Italian Submarine Naval school in Taranto was named in his honour. 33°46′0″N 27°27′0″E / 33.76667°N 27.45000°E / 33.76667; 27.45000 Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun The 13.2 mm Breda Model 31
15-661: Was a license built copy of the French Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun. Breda acquired a production license in 1929, but it did not enter production until 1931. The Model 31 was often mounted on single and twin mounts aboard surface ships and on a disappearing twin mount aboard submarines. The Model 31 was intended to provide close-range air defense, but like its counterparts in other nations, these small-caliber guns were found incapable of defending against low-level torpedo-bombers or high altitude level-bomber attacks because their bullets were too light and short ranged. Although
20-529: Was a widely used Italian heavy machine gun produced by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda and used by the Italian Navy and Italian Army during World War II . At sea it was employed as a light anti-aircraft gun, while on land it was mounted on armored command vehicles where it was used as a heavy machine gun. After World War II it remained in use aboard the patrol boats of the Guardia di Finanza . The Breda Model 31
25-598: Was attacked on 27 June 1940 by the British destroyers Dainty , Ilex , Decoy , Defender and the Australian destroyer Voyager south of Crete ; fatally damaged, she was abandoned and scuttled. Her commanding officer at the time of the attack was Capitano di Corvetta Lorenzo Bezzi. He received the Italian Navy Gold Medal in recognition of the choice to go down with his ship after ordering his crew to abandon
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