1 Oct 1938
Italy
Italy
- The keel of Console Generale Liuzzi was laid down at the Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Console Generale Liuzzi | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
5 Apr 1939
Italy
Italy
- The keel of Capitano Tarantini was laid down at the Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto shipyard in Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Capitano Tarantini | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
17 Sep 1939
Italy
Italy
- Console Generale Liuzzi was launched at the Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Console Generale Liuzzi | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
3 Dec 1939
Italy
Italy
- Reginaldo Giuliani was launched at the Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto shipyard in Taranto, Puglia, Italy. ww2dbase [Reginaldo Giuliani | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
7 Jan 1940
Italy
Italy
- Capitano Tarantini was launched at the Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto shipyard in Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Capitano Tarantini | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
10 Nov 1940
Italy
Italy
- In appalling weather, Flying Officer Adrian Warburton RAF flying a Maryland photographic reconnaissance aircraft from Malta made two low-level sweeps over the Italian port of Taranto, noting the names of five battleships, 14 Cruisers and 27 destroyers along with their precise locations. He flew so low that his Maryland returned to Malta with a ships radio aerial dangling from its tailwheel. On the following day, he would fly the same mission again. The information his photographs revealed was passed on to the waiting torpedo-bomber crews on board HMS Illustrious. ww2dbase [Attack on Taranto | Taranto, Puglia | AC]
17 Feb 1941
Italy
Italy
- The 6,161-ton Italian tanker Cesco, damaged by a torpedo from British submarine HMS Rover three days prior, was towed to Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Taranto, Puglia | HM]
18 Sep 1943
Italy
Italy
- Headquarters of British V Corps arrived at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Avalanche | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
23 Sep 1943
Italy
Italy
- Indian 8th Infantry Division began to arrive at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Avalanche | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
29 Dec 1959
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy was acquired by the financial holding company Fincantieri. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
15 Mar 1960
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy was reorganized under financial holding company Fincantieri. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
31 Dec 1990
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy ceased operations. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Puglia | CPC]
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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