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Francesco Mimbelli (16 April 1903 Livorno – 26 January 1978 in Rome) was an Italian Naval officer who fought in World War II. BiographyEarly LifeMimbelli came from a Livornese family with links to Ragusa (Dubrovnik). He entered the Italian Naval Academy in 1981 and graduated as an Ensign in 1923. In the late 1920's he served on Italian Navy gunboats in China. Promoted to lieutenant he served on the Italian delegation to the London Naval Conference in 1930. He subsequently served on the cruiser Trento moving to the torpedo boat arm in 1937, subsequently being promoted to Frigate Captain and serving in the Navy Ministry. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to command a torpedo boat flotilla. CreteMimbelli was the commander of a torpedo boat flotilla which fought in the Battle of Crete. He was responsible for defending a convoy of two thousand German troops going to Crete in the face of superior British forces. Although the odds were heavily stacked against them (one torpedo boat against the seven ships of Force D) more than two thirds of the convoy survived due to Mimbelli's maneuvers.[1] Black SeaHe was later appointed commander of the Italian naval forces based in the Black Sea, where he commanded a flotilla of MAS boats. The Italian motorboats were responsible for sinking two submarines and a transport ship. They also torpedoed the Soviet cruiser Molotov which was not repaired until after the end of the conflict.[2][3] Post WarIn 1946 Mimbelli was appointed captain of the cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi. He was subsequently promoted to rear admiral and became commander of the Italian Naval Academy. He retired as a vice admiral in 1964.[4] CommemorationIn 1992 the De la Penne class Italian destroyer Francesco Mimbelli was named in his honour. Footnotes1. ^Reference 2. ^Reference 1 3. ^Reference 2 4. ^Reference in Italian References
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