Augusto Vittorio Vècchi (22 December 1842,
Marseille
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– 6 September 1932,
Forte dei Marmi
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), known under the
pseudonym
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Jack La Bolina, was an officer in the
Regia Marina
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(Italian navy) and a writer on maritime subjects. He has been called "the Italian
Captain Marryat".
Biography
Vecchi graduated from the ''Regia Scuola di Marina di Genoa'' (Royal Naval School Genoa) and became a midshipman in 1861. He became a sub-lieutenant in 1863 and a lieutenant in 1866. He participated in the
Battle of Lissa in 1866 and resigned from the Regia Marina in 1872.
Vecchi was an editor for ''Caffaro; giornale politico quotidiano'' and the Roman newspaper ''Fanfulla''. In 1879 he founded the ''Regio Yacht Club Italiano''.
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1842 births
1932 deaths
Italian male writers
Regia Marina personnel
Maritime writers
French emigrants to Italy
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