Augusto Aubry (28 April 1849[1] in Naples – 4 March 1912 in Taranto, on board Vittorio Emanuele[2]) was an Italian naval officer and politician. Part of the naval fortifications at Taranto were later named after him.
He was deputy for the colleges of Castellammare di Stabia and Naples (XXII and XXIII legislatures) and under-secretary of state for the navy (December 1903 to December 1905).
At the start of the Italo-Turkish War, on 27 September 1911, with the rank of vice admiral, he commanded the 1st Squadron, the 1st Division of the 1st Squadron and the whole Italian naval force in that theatre.[6] As commander of 1st Squadron he guided the force which occupied the coast of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. He died a few months later, on 4 March 1912, on board the pre-dreadnought battleshipШаблон:Ship.
↑Antonio Gallizioli 1907 - 614 pages, Cronistoria del naviglio nazionale da guerra (1860-1906), page 143
↑Шаблон:In lang Giorgio Giorgerini, Augusto Nani, 1976, Stato maggiore. Ufficio storico, Marina Militare Italiana - 712 pages, Gli incrociatori italiani, 1861-1975, page 144
↑Шаблон:In lang Achille Rastelli, La corazzata - L'evoluzione della nave da battaglia in italia, Mursia, Milano, 2006
