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Teseo Tesei
Major Teseo Tesei (3 January 1909 in Elba – 26 July 1941 in Malta) was an Italian naval officer, who invented the human torpedo (called "Maiale", the Italian for "pig") used by the Regia Marina during World War II.
Life.
Teseo Tesei was born in Marina de Campo, Elba in 1909, the son of Ulisse Tesey and Rosa Carassale. After attending the "Collegio degli Scolopi" in Florence, he entered the Livorno Naval Academy in 1931, where
Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei
COMSUBIN ("Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei"; Teseo Tesei Diver and Raider Command Group) is the elite commando frogman force and one of the Italian special forces.
Italy was the first nation to use frogmen and human torpedoes. The Italian Naval Assault Divisions are considered to be the precursors to modern Naval Special Forces.
Their record can be traced back to World War I and the operation against the Austrian-Hungarian Battleship "Viribus Unitis" in Pula Harbour in