Return to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. (B) SQN93 Bucentaure was taken as a

Bucentaure was taken as a prize by the British fleet

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In any conflict

Flight Lieutenant Ray Harington

Return to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. (B) SQN93 Bucentaure was taken as aDHM6263B. Return to Taranto by Ivan Berryman. The Italian destroyer Alfredo Oriani slips quietly through the open span of the swing bridge at Taranto after a long Mediterranean mission. This ship was present at the Battle of Matapan in March 1941 and was successful against Allied shipping during Operation Harpoon the following year. After the armistice, she was laid up at Malta and was eventually presented to the French navy at the end of the war as