il recupero della "Leonardo da Vinci"
08 Settembre 2005
On the night of August 2, 1916, a tremendous explosion awakened the town of Taranto. At the navy anchorage, searchlights illuminated the stricken Leonardo da Vinci, the newest battleship in the Italian fleet, which was belching smoke and flames. A main magazine had exploded, blowing a hole through the ship from keel to main deck. Damage control efforts started immediately, but the ship was doomed. She lurched over, dumping survivors off her decks into the bay, and then quickly sank upside-dow...