Ships of Italy

salvaged Italian tanker used as support and base for WWII manned torpedo frogman raids on Allied shipping in Gibraltar

cargo ship built in 1913

The Artiglio ("Talon") was a steamship used as a salvage ship by the shipping company SO.RI.MA. (Society for Maritime Recovery) of Genoa, founded in 1926 by Commendatore Giovanni Quaglia. At the time of her loss in 1930, Artiglio was the world's most modern salvage ship.