Enrico Millo
Enrico Millo(12 February 1865 – 14 June 1930) was an Italianadmiraland politician. As a naval commander, he led a raid against theOttoman Navyin theDardanellesin 1912.[1]
Life
[edit]Born inChiavari,Province of Genoa,he was namedguardiamarinain the ItalianRegia Marina( "Royal Navy" ) in 1884. He participated as a navy officer in the campaigns ofKingdom of Italyin theHorn of Africa,and with the rank ofcapitano di vascello(ship-of-the-line captain) he led a raid by five Italiantorpedo boatsagainst theOttomanfleet on 18 July 1912 during theItalo-Turkish War.After the expedition, he was named asenator of the Kingdom of ItalybyKingVictor Emmanuel III.Later he wasMinister of the Navyin theFourth GiolittiandFirst Salandra governments.
DuringWorld War Ihe held a command post[cleanup needed]in theRegia Marina,a branch of the Italian military. He was named military governor ofDalmatiafollowing World War I.[2]From 1923 to 1925 he held a managerial position in the company that owned thePort of Naples.
He died inRomein 1930.
Ships
[edit]TheCagni-classsubmarineAmmiraglio Millo,commissionedin 1941 duringWorld War II,was named after him.
Notes
[edit]- ^http://www.marina.difesa.it/palazzo/personaggi/millo.asp,Italian Navy website page dedicated to Enrico Millo, 2008
- ^A. Rossi.The Rise of Italian Fascism: 1918–1922.New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2010. P. 47.
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