Italian corvette Baionetta (1942)
Appearance
RN Baionetta was an Italian Gabbiano Class corvette that served during World War II in the Regia Marina.
On September 9, 1943, a day after the Italian surrender, Baionetta transported King Victor Emmanuel III and General Pietro Badoglio, together with their entourage and a score of general staff officers, from the small harbor town of Ortona and sailed south escorted by the Italian light cruiser RN Scipione Africano, arriving in Brindisi the next day.[1]
References
- ^ "A review of the House of Savoy." L'Italo-Americano Weekly Newspaper. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 July 2010. <http://www.italoamericano.com/bit%20of%20history/bit%20of%20history.htm>.