Italian 1908 Cruiser San Marco San Giorgio Class Armoured Cruiser Pennant

~ Italian 1908 Cruiser San Marco San Giorgio Class Armoured Cruiser Pennant ~

The pennant depicts the ship in profile and its name on blue velvet.

These types of pennants were given out as souvenirs when the ship was open to the public.

~ San Marco ~

The Italian cruiser San Marco was a San Giorgio-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the first decade of the 20th century. She was the first large Italian ship fitted with steam turbines and the first turbine-powered ship in any navy to have four propeller shafts. The ship participated in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, during which time she supported the occupations of Benghazi and Derna, the island of Rhodes, and bombarded the fortifications defending the entrance to the Dardanelles. During World War I, San Marco's activities were limited by the threat of Austro-Hungarian submarines, although the ship did participate in the bombardment of Durazzo, Albania in late 1918. She played a minor role in the Corfu incident in 1923 and was converted into a target ship in the first half of the 1930s. San Marco was captured by the Germans when they occupied northern Italy in 1943 and was found sunk at the end of the war. The ship was broken up and scrapped in 1949.

~ Condition ~

The piece is in good order, free from moth damage. The printed ship has minor loss and some cracking.

~ Dimensions ~

The pennant is 29 cm (11.25 inches) long by 6.5 cm (2.5 inches) tall.

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