Launch of a ship, perfectly sliding into the waters of the Ancona harbour - while beside it, another one of the same tonnage awaits its moment. It is, quite likely, the Maestrale destroyer, the first of the four twin "wind ships" with Grecale (launched in June 1934), Libeccio (July 1934) and Scirocco. This last one, launched just one week after the Maestrale (respectively on April 22nd and 15th, 1934) could be the very one beside it, just ready to be operative. The Maestrale, however, never saw the end of the war, being defintely sinked by the Germans in 1945 and previously self-sinked by its own crew on September 9th, 1943 - one day after the armistice.
Launch of a ship, perfectly sliding into the waters of the Ancona harbour - while beside it, another one of the same tonnage awaits its moment. It is, quite likely, the Maestrale destroyer, the first of the four twin "wind ships" with Grecale (launched in June 1934), Libeccio (July 1934) and Scirocco. This last one, launched just one week after the Maestrale (respectively on April 22nd and 15th, 1934) could be the very one beside it, just ready to be operative. The Maestrale, however, never saw the end of the war, being defintely sinked by the Germans in 1945 and previously self-sinked by its own crew on September 9th, 1943 - one day after the armistice.