During the campaign, Decima MAS took part in more than a dozen operations which sank or damaged five warships (totalling 72,000 tons) and 20 merchant ships (totalling 130,000 GRT).
These operations involved surface speedboats (such as the raid on Souda Bay), human torpedoes (the raid on Alexandria) and Gamma frogmen (against Gibraltar). ĭecima MAS was active during the Battle of the Mediterranean and took part in a number of daring raids on Allied shipping. The acronym MAS also refers to various light torpedo boats used by the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. The Decima Flottiglia MAS ( Decima Flottiglia Motoscafi Armati Siluranti, also known as La Decima or Xª MAS) ( Italian for "10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla") was an Italian flotilla, with commando frogman unit, of the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) created during the Fascist regime. Military unit Junio Valerio Borghese, Il Principe Nero (The Black Prince)
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