Occurred to Lieutenant Paolucci that he might be able to reach Although the shelteredĮnemy fleet seemed invulnerable to conventional attack, it Lieutenant Raffaele Paolucci was an Italian naval surgeon whoĭevised a plan to infiltrate the harbor at Pula and destroy the Italian navy made several attempts to attack the Austrian fleetĪt Pula, but failed to breach the elaborate harbor defenses. The entrance to this harbor was protected by floating booms andīarricades, designed to ensnare and destroy enemy ships. Navy retreated to the port of Pula, on the Adriatic Sea. The Austrian navy suffered a series of defeats at the hands of In the summer of 1918, as World War One was drawing to close, A German East African Raider.Īssault on the Viribus Unitisby Brian Warhola The Pursuit of the Goeben and the Breslau.While it's not dedicated to WWI, you never know what type of articles you'll find there but they're always history and they're always interesting. If you have a little time to spare, you should follow this link to the ø Old News web site. This article originally appeared in the Jan/Feb 1998 issue of Old News (Vol 9, No 5) under the title Italian Frogmen Attack Austrian Dreadnought. The Viribus Unitis as pictured on an Austrian postcard (courtesy of Jim Simon).Ĭontributed by Paul Chrastina and Old News Trenches on the Web - Special: Assault on the Viribus Unitis
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