Decima Flottiglia Mezzi d‘Assalto MAS, Regia Marina, Regno d’Italia
| City | San Leopoldo |
| Country | Italia |
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Decima Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto, or La Decima or Xª MAS, 10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla specialized in maritime raids,
Decima Flottiglia Mas 10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla was especially famous for its so-called pigs or human torpedoes, tiny but powerful underwater sabotage craft, which the pilot would ride astride of and the MTM, small, fast boats filled with explosives from which the pilot would leap at the last moment after pointing them towards the enemy ship.
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On November 1, 1918, Raffaele Paolucci and Raffaele Rossetti of the Regia Marina rode a manned torpedo, nicknamed Mignatta or leech, into the harbour of Pula, where they sank the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Viribus Unitis, and the freighter, Wien, using limpet mines.
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Formed in 1939, the a result of the research and development by Majors Teseo Tesei and Elios Toschi of the naval combat engineers, the 1ª Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto First Assault Vehicle Flotilla was commanded by Capitano di Fregata Paolo Aloisi.
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In 1941, Commander Vittorio Moccagatta re-organised the 1ª Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto into the Decima Flottiglia MAS.
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On September 8, 1943, the Xª Flottiglia MAS was disbanded.
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Web Links
| Type | Link/ Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Web Home | Xª Flottiglia MAS (Regno d'Italia), da Wikipedia |
| 2 | Web Home | Decima Flottiglia MAS, from Wikipedia |
| 3 | Web Search | Decima Mas |
| 4 | Web Search | Decima Flottiglia MAS, from Commupremo, Italy at Warando S |