Carlo Cattaneo (admiral)
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6 October 1883 Sant'Anastasia, Campania, Italy |
| Died | 29 March 1941 (aged 57) Aegean Sea |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy
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| Service/branch |
 Regia Marina
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| Years of service | 1902–1941 |
| Rank | Ammiraglio di Divisione (Vice Admiral) |
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Carlo Cattaneo (October 6, 1883 – March 29, 1941) was an Italian admiral during World War II. He was killed in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
Cattaneo was born in Sant'Anastasia, Naples, in 1883, and after attending the Naples Military College he entered the Italian Naval Academy at Livorno in 1902; he graduated in 1906, becoming an ensign.
He joined the crew of the battleship Ammiraglio di Saint Bon, with which he took part in the rescue operations after the 1908 Messina earthquake. After becoming a sub-lieutenant, he served on the battleship Regina Elena.
He took part in the Italo-Turkish War as commanding officer of a landing party which participated in the occupation of Tripoli; for this action, he was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor. In 1913 he was promoted to lieutenant, and during World War I he commanded the torpedo boat Orsa, which served intensely in the southern Adriatic Sea, gaining a Bronze Medal of Military Valor in July 1915, and later he served on board destroyers, including Carabiniere. In 1919 he was awarded a second Silver Medal.
In January 1920 he was appointed Naval Attaché in Constantinople and later in the same year he was promoted to lieutenant commander. In 1929 he served at the Ministry of the navy, and later he was promoted to commander and appointed Naval Attaché first in Romania and later in Jugoslavia.
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