Italian cabinet selling submarines to Spanish nationalists according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 20 September 1937

An item referred to a telegram which was published in he Le Populaire reporting that well informed sources said that the Italian cabinet sold 12 submarines to the Spanish general Franco.(1) The crews consisted of Italian volunteers dressed in special uniforms. Two of the involved submarines were called Torricelli and Anfitrite. Official circles spoke against this tiding.

Note

1. The Spanish Civil War (17 July 1936-1 April 1939) was fought between the Republicans and the Nationalists (lead by Franco).