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Sparviero (Italian: "Sparrowhawk") was an Italian aircraft carrier designed and built during World War II of the Regia Marina.She was originally the ocean liner MS Augustus built in 1926 for Navigazione Generale Italiana, but was transferred to the new Italian Line after the merger of Navigazione Generale Italiana with the Lloyd Sabaudo and the Cosulich Line.
Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero; Operation Sparviero, the Italian Army contribution to ISAF in Kabul, Afghanistan; Pasotti F.9 Sparviero, an Italian four seat low wing touring aircraft; Pro.Mecc Sparviero, an Italian ultralight aircraft; Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 Sparviero, a three-engined Italian medium bomber; Sparviero class patrol boat
Italian aircraft carrier Aquila; S. Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 15:56 (UTC). ...
A head-on view of a SM.79. The SM.79 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane trimotor, with a retractable taildragger undercarriage. [17] The fuselage used a welded tubular steel frame structure, which was covered with duralumin on the forward section, a mixture of duralumin and plywood across the upper fuselage surface, and fabric for all of the other exterior surfaces.
At the outbreak of World War II the Augustus and the Roma were laid up but both ships were subsequently taken over by the Italian Navy. Like her sister, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero. Before work could be completed, the Kingdom of Italy signed an armistice in 1943, and both ships were ...
Italian aircraft carrier Aquila; S. Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero This page was last edited on 17 September 2016, at 02:45 (UTC). ...
Promecc Aerospace s.r.l. (formerly Pro.Mecc S.r.l.) is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Corigliano d'Otranto. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft predominantly using carbon fibre construction. [1] [2] The company's first design, the Sparviero (English: Sparrowhawk) was introduced
Fearing that the Germans could seize her and scuttle her as a blockship at the entrance of Genoa's harbour, just as had happened a few months earlier to Roma 's sister ship Augustus, then already become the aircraft carrier Sparviero, the Mariassalto commando unit, made up by members of the former Decima Flottiglia MAS, launched a manned ...