Ildebrando Goiran

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Ildebrando Goiran
Born(1882-06-14)14 June 1882
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Died16 November 1945(1945-11-16) (aged 63)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
Service/branch Regia Marina
Years of service1898-1945
RankAdmiral
Commands heldRe Umberto (steamer)
33 PN (torpedo boat)
42 PN (torpedo boat)
MAS 9 (motor torpedo boat)
Lake Garda Flotilla
Faà di Bruno (armed pontoon)
Benedetto Cairoli (destroyer)
Quarto (scout cruiser)
Sardinia Naval Command
La Maddalena Naval Fortress Area
4th Naval Division
Sicily Naval Command
Northern Tyrrhenian Naval Department
Battles/wars
Awards

Ildebrando Goiran (14 June 1882 in Turin – 16 November 1945 in Rome) was an Italian admiral and recipient of the Gold Medal of Military Valor.

Biography

Early years

He was born in

Tolmeta in Cyrenaica.[1][2][3][4]

World War I

After a short period in

Brioni islands, where one or two of the enemy capital ships stationed in Pola were stationed, usually in turn; despite the presence of coastal batteries and destroyers, it would have been easier to attack them while they were at anchor in the channel, rather than in the port of Pola. After a series of experiments conducted in Venice, it was decided to send three ships into the channel: destroyer Zeffiro, torpedo boat 9 PN (equipped with a device that would lower the northern booms that blocked access to the channel), and MAS 20, specifically fitted with a pair of electric thrusters to allow silent navigation. 9 PN would tow MAS 20 till near the entrance of the channel, with Zeffiro providing escort and support; the MAS would then enter the channel and attack the Austro-Hungarian vessels with her torpedoes. Goiran was chosen to command MAS 20; in the late afternoon of 1 November 1916 the three vessels sailed from Venice, reaching the entrance of the Fasana channel around midnight on November 2. MAS 20 passed the obstructions and started searching at a slow motion, using the electric motors; Goiran spotted SMS Mars and attacked her with two torpedoes fired from 400 meters, which however became entangled in the torpedo nets. The Italian vessels then withdrew undamaged.[1][2][5][3][4]

In December 1916 Goiran was promoted to

War Cross for Military Valor. After the end of hostilities he was given command of the MAS squadron based in Pola.[1][2][5][6][3][4]

Interwar years

In November 1919 he was promoted to

Fiume in the following months. In May 1923 he was appointed commander of the MAS squadron of the naval forces of the Mediterranean, in December 1924 he was commander of a destroyer squadron (with Nicola Fabrizi as flagship), in November 1925 he took over the direction of the naval mechanic's school in Venice and in April 1926 he was promoted to captain. In April 1928 he became commander of the scout cruiser Quarto and from 1929 he was in command of a squadron of Indomito-class destroyers.[1][2][3][4]

In 1931 he became chief of staff of the 2nd Fleet, embarked on the battleship Andrea Doria and later on the light cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere. In January 1933 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed naval commander of Sardinia and of the La Maddalena Naval Fortress Area. In 1935 he was promoted to vice admiral and for a short time he was put at disposal of the Ministry of the Navy. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he was commander of the 4th Naval Division, and in October 1936 he became naval commander of Sicily. In April 1937 he was promoted to admiral and on the following month became vice president of the High Council of the Navy. In January 1938 he became commander in chief of the Northern Tyrrhenian Naval Department and in March 1940 he assumed the presidency of the High Council of the Navy.[1][2][3][4]

World War II and later years

After the

Armistice of Villa Incisa following Italy's brief campaign against France in June 1940, right after its entry into World War II, Goiran was appointed naval delegate in the Commissione Italiana d'Armistizio con la Francia
. In June 1941 he was again appointed commander-in-chief of the Northern Tyrrhenian Naval Department until November, when he was placed at the disposal of the Ministry of the Navy. He then returned to the position of President of the High Council of the Navy from October 1942 until the
collaborationism.[1][2][3][4]

He died in Rome on November 16, 1945.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lorem ipsum (1945-11-16). "GOIRAN, Ildebrando in "Dizionario Biografico"". Treccani.it. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Paolo Alberini, Franco Prosperini, Dizionario biografico Uomini della Marina 1861-1946, pp. 269-270
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Ancfargl (11 October 2015). "GOIRAN Ildebrando - Associazione Nazionale Combattenti FF.AA. Regolari Guerra di Liberazione". Combattentiliberazione.it. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Ildebrando Goiran - Marina Militare".
  5. ^ a b Massimo Coltrinari, Giancarlo Ramaccia, 1916. L'anno d'angoscia: Dalla spedizione punitiva alla presa di Gorizia. Le spallate sull'Isonzo, pp. 206-207
  6. ^ "Undici ragazze marchigiane salvano il Faà di Bruno – LE MARCHE e LA GRANDE GUERRA".
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