Raffaele Rossetti
Raffaele Rossetti (12 July 1881 – 24 December 1951) was an Italian
Biography
Born in Genoa, Raffaele Rossetti graduated as an engineer from the University of Turin in September 1904. He went to study at the Italian Naval Academy of Livorno, where he became a lieutenant for the Italian Navy Engineering Corps.
In December 1906 he graduated in "naval mechanical engineering" at the
In 1909 he was promoted to captain and in 1911 went to Libya during the Italo-Turkish War with the cruiser Pisa. During the first years of World War I he worked as the Director of the Navy Arsenal in La Spezia and was promoted to major.
While working there he started creating a new weapon, based on his idea of a
On 1 November 1918, together with
In 1919 Raffaele Rossetti retired as
During the Spanish Civil War, Rossetti moved to Barcelona, and collaborated with local radio stations by running anti-fascist slogans. In retaliation, the Italian government revoked his Gold Medal won during World War I. This measure was annulled after the Fascist government was ousted and Italy became a Republic after the end of World War II.
He died in Milan in 1951.
See also
Notes
Sources
- The Fate of the Viribus Unitis by Raffaele Paolucci. in "The Fortnightly Review" (New York), Vol. 105, 1919, 977-988.
- The Sinking of the Viribus Unitis by Raffaele Rossetti. in "Great Moments of Adventure". edited by Evan J. David. Duffield and Co., 1930.
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