1 Oct 1938
Italy
Italy
- The keel of Console Generale Liuzzi was laid down at the Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Console Generale Liuzzi | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]
17 Sep 1939
Italy

Italy
- Console Generale Liuzzi was launched at the Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Console Generale Liuzzi | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]

10 Nov 1940
Italy
Italy
- In appalling weather, Flying Officer Adrian Warburton RAF flying a Maryland photographic reconnaissance aircraft from Malta made two low-level sweeps over the Italian port of Taranto, noting the names of five battleships, 14 Cruisers and 27 destroyers along with their precise locations. He flew so low that his Maryland returned to Malta with a ships radio aerial dangling from its tailwheel. On the following day, he would fly the same mission again. The information his photographs revealed was passed on to the waiting torpedo-bomber crews on board HMS Illustrious. ww2dbase [Attack on Taranto | Taranto, Apulia | AC]
17 Feb 1941
Italy
Italy
- The 6,161-ton Italian tanker Cesco, damaged by a torpedo from British submarine HMS Rover three days prior, was towed to Taranto, Italy. ww2dbase [Taranto, Apulia | HM]
29 Dec 1959
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy was acquired by the financial holding company Fincantieri. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]
15 Mar 1960
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy was reorganized under financial holding company Fincantieri. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]
31 Dec 1990
Italy
Italy
- The Tosi Shipyard at Taranto, Italy ceased operations. ww2dbase [Cantieri Tosi | Taranto, Apulia | CPC]
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