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Sunday, 9 January 2022

Italian training cruiser Francesco Ferruccio visiting the Baltic according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary Nr. 8 dated 28 August 1920

Dutch magazine De Prins dated 23 September 1922. Visit at Amsterdam, Netherlands

An item reported that the Italian training cruiser F. Ferruccio departed on 25 August Gravesend, United Kingdom with an expected arrival at Christiania, Norway on 28 August and after a stay of a week bound for Copenhagen, Denmark.

Note

1. Francesco Ferruccio of the Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruisers, preceded by Vettor Pisani-class, succeeded by Pisa-class, laid down by Arsenal at Venice on 19 August 1899, launched on 23 April 1902, completed on 1 September 1905, training ship since 1919 and sold to be broken up on 1 April 1930.  

Source

The National Archives CAB 24-111-18

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