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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Former Turkish transports Theis and Derna commissioned in Italian navy as Capitano Verri and Bengasi according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1912 no. 1

An item reported that the Turkish transports Theis and Derna captured by Italy during the war were added to the Italian navy under the new names Capitano Verri and Bengasi.(1)

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1. War between 29 September 1911-18 October 1912 which was disastrous for Turkey and resulting in establishing Italian Libya  and gaining control over the Greek Dodecanese islands.