Costantino Borsini
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7 April 1906 Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Died | 21 October 1940 (aged 34) Red Sea |
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 Kingdom of Italy
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Regia Marina
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| Years of service | 1922–1940 |
| Rank | Capitano di Corvetta (Lieutenant Commander) |
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Costantino Borsini (April 7, 1906 in Milan – October 21, 1940 in Eritrean Red sea) was an Italian naval officer during World War II. He received the Gold Medal of Military Valor for his actions in command of the destroyer Francesco Nullo in the Attack on Convoy BN 7 in October 1940.
Borsini was born in Milan in 1906. He was a top student at the Naval Academy of Livorno from March 15, 1922 to November 15, 1926. There he graduated as an Ensign, before embarking on the battleship Giulio Cesare. He was then transferred to the battleship Andrea Doria and later served in succession on the hydrographic ship Ammiraglio Magnaghi, the destroyer Augusto Riboty, the destroyer Giovanni Da Verrazzano (after promotion to Sub-Lieutenant on 1 January 1929) and again on Giulio Cesare, being promoted to Lieutenant in July 1932.
In 1933 he joined the Italian Naval Detachment in Tianjin (China). At his return to Italy he attended the course in Taranto as "Aircraft Observer" (naval officer attached to Regia Aeronautica aircraft employed against shipping) and in 1935 he received his patent; he subsequently served for one year as member of the 153rd Seaplane Squadron.
He was then transferred to the submarine branch till 1937, when he became executive officer on the destroyer Nembo, after which he was given command of the torpedo boat Clio.
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