Post by vonfriedman on Jun 10, 2023 1:01:24 GMT -6
The names of the submarine aces are quite well known. Less known are the names of motor torpedo boat aces.
To contribute to a classification, still to be done, I propose first of all Luigi Rizzo, who
in WW1 sank the superdreadnought Szent Istvan with his MAS 15 on June 10th 1918.
This is why today is also Italian Navy Day.
Six months earlier, Rizzo had sunk the battleship Wien. For these two feats of arms he was called "Lo Affondatore"
(i.e. The man who sank everything).
Then I add Franco Mezzadra, who with his MS22 caused the sinking of the cruiser Manchester during WW2.
I could also add Giorgio Manuti, who could have contributed with his MS16, companion of the MS22, because,
according to some sources, a torpedo from his MTB also hit HMS Manchester.
Joined here you will find the silhouettes, all in the same scale, of the ships sunk by those Italian MTB aces.
To contribute to a classification, still to be done, I propose first of all Luigi Rizzo, who
in WW1 sank the superdreadnought Szent Istvan with his MAS 15 on June 10th 1918.
This is why today is also Italian Navy Day.
Six months earlier, Rizzo had sunk the battleship Wien. For these two feats of arms he was called "Lo Affondatore"
(i.e. The man who sank everything).
Then I add Franco Mezzadra, who with his MS22 caused the sinking of the cruiser Manchester during WW2.
I could also add Giorgio Manuti, who could have contributed with his MS16, companion of the MS22, because,
according to some sources, a torpedo from his MTB also hit HMS Manchester.
Joined here you will find the silhouettes, all in the same scale, of the ships sunk by those Italian MTB aces.
