Enrico Millo
Enrico Millo was an Italian admiral and politician. As a naval commander, he led a raid against the Ottoman Navy in the Dardanelles in 1912.
Life
Born in Chiavari, Province of Genoa, he was named guardiamarina in the Italian Regia Marina in 1884. He participated as a navy officer in the campaigns of Kingdom of Italy in the Horn of Africa, and with the rank of capitano di vascello he led a raid by five Italian torpedo boats against the Ottoman fleet on 18 July 1912 during the Italo-Turkish War. After the expedition, he was named a Senate of the [Kingdom of Italy|senator of the Kingdom of Italy] by King Victor [Emmanuel III]. Later he was Minister of the [Navy |Minister of the Navy] in the Fourth Giolitti and First Salandra governments.During World War I he held a command post in the Regia Marina, a branch of the Italian military. He was named military governor of Dalmatia during the occupation of the eastern Adriatic in the aftermath of the World War I. From 1923 to 1925 he held a managerial position in the company that owned the Port of Naples.
He died in Rome in 1930.