page_title: Gabbiano-class corvette
section_title: Service
hierarchical_section_title: Gabbiano-class corvette / Service
caption_attribution_description: English: GER UJ 202 (ex Melpomene) MM MG (2)
context_page_description: The Gabbiano-class corvettes were a group of 59 vessels built for the Regia Marina of Italy for service during the Second World War. They were built to a war-time design and intended for anti-submarine and escort duties.
context_section_description: Sixty vessels were ordered, and 29 were completed by September 1943. The Germans seized many of these vessels after the Italian surrender in 1943, and operated them under new names until the end of the war. The Germans also completed 20 vessels under construction. Fourteen vessels survived the war; the postwar Marina Militare used them as patrol vessels until 1972.
  Two corvettes played important parts in Italian history: Persefone brought Mussolini, under arrest after 25 July 1943, from Gaeta to Ponza, while a short time later on 9 September 1943 Baionetta carried the royal family and the Italian government with Marshall Badoglio from Pescara to Brindisi during their escape from Rome after the armistice.
caption: UJ-202 (ex Melpomene)
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