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| Keywords: Captain Cassone Fortunato.jpg en ITA Livorno Captain Fortunato Cassone was born in Livorno on November 25 1828 and died on May 7 1889 As Lieutenant aboard of the frigate San Michele was decorated in 1861 with the Silver Medal for military valor after the Siege of Gaeta 1860 Siege of Gaeta On December 12 1872 as commander of the escort vessel Vedetta left La Spezia for a mission of political nature in the Far East Asia and reached Penang on February 24 1873 In the following months he stopped in various ports and off the China overcame a violent typhoon despite the poor stability of the ship Most of the navigation of return was sailing after reaching Suez on 14 February the escort vessel Vedetta moored at La Spezia on April 5 1874 Captain Fortunato Cassone was then at the command of the Regia Marina ship Dora which transported on March 15 1875 from Naples to Tangier the gifts of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy King Vittorio Emanuele II to the Emperor Hassan I of Morocco on the anniversary of the accession to the throne From November 1 1882 until September 16 1884 Captain Fortunato Cassone has been the second in command of the Italian Naval Academy Regia Accademia Navale and participated twice as the Commander of the training ship Vittorio Emanuele In 1883 the instruction cruise started from Livorno on 14 July and reached the following ports Genoa Barcellona Cartagena Gibraltar Cartagena Port Mahon Siracusa Pozzuoli Castellamare di Stabia Gaeta Portoferraio Livorno where arrived on 10 October In 1884 the instruction cruise started from Livorno to Gibraltar Brest Portsmouth Wilhelmshaven Dartmounth Plymounth Gibraltar Olbia Livorno and finished at Naples on 6 November Scanned from own archive author ~ 1880 People of the Regia Marina Accademia Navale Livorno 1880 Historical images of Livorno People of Livorno | ||||
