Enrico Millo (12 February 1865 – 14 June 1930) was an Italian admiral and politician. As a military commander, he led the raid against the Ottoman Navy in the

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.http://www.marina.difesa.it/palazzo/personaggi/millo.asp, Italian Navy website page dedicated to Enrico Millo, 2008

Life

Born in

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, Province of Genoa, he was named guardiamarina in 1884. He participated as a navy officer in the campaigns of

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in the Horn of Africa, and with the rank of

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he led the raid of 5 Italian torpedo boats against the Ottoman fleet on 18 July 1912 during the

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. After the expedition, Millo was named a senator by king

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; later he was minister for the navy in the fourth government cabinet headed by

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and in the first headed by

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. During

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he held a command post in the

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. After

he was named governor of Dalmatia.A. Rossi. ''The Rise of Italian Fascism: 1918–1922''. New York, New York, USA: Routledge, 2010. P. 47. From 1923 to 1925 he held a managerial position in the company that owned the harbour of

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. He died in Rome in 1930.

Ships

A submarine in the ''Cagni'' class was named after him during

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