Maritime History

Italian submarine Tembien

Italian submarine Tembien was an Adua-class submarine built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during the 1930s. It was named after a Tembien region of Ethiopia, where Italian troops fought two battles against more numerous Ethiopian troops during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

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• ▸Katakolo
• ▸Buffavento Castle
• ▸German submarine U-521

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