Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco
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The Nicoloso da Recco was a built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the early 1930s. Named after the Italian Renaissance seaman Nicoloso da Recco
Nicoloso da Recco
Nicoloso da Recco was an 14th century Italian navigator from Genoa, who visited the Canary Islands in 1341 on behalf of Afonso IV of Portugal. He is credited with providing the first reliable account of the language used by the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands, the Guanches.An Italian...
, she served during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in which she was the sole survivor of her destroyer class. She shot down three Beaufort
Bristol Beaufort
The Bristol Beaufort was a British twin-engined torpedo bomber designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and developed from experience gained designing and building the earlier Blenheim light bomber....
bombers while escorting a two-freighter convoy on 21 June 1942 off Tunisia.