Ernesto Rubin de Cervin (19 November 1860 – 27 September 1915) was an Italian admiral.

Life

Born into a noble family, Ernesto Rubin de Cervin joined the

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in 1874, and graduated as a

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in 1879. He participated in 1888, as a Tenente di Vascello to the Italian effort to penetrate the Horn of Africa. Reaching the rank of

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by 1907, he took part in the Italo-Turkish War as commander of the battleship ''Vittorio Emanuele''. Promoted to the rank of

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in 1913, he took command of the 3rd Division, flying his flag on the battleship ''Benedetto Brin'', stationed at Brindisi. On the morning of 27 September 1915, months after Italy had entered

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on the side of the

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, the ''Benedetto Brin'' suffered an accidental

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explosion, killing 456 of its 943-strong crew, including Rubin de Cervin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubin de Cervin, Ernesto 1860 births 1915 deaths Military personnel from Turin Italian admirals Regia Marina personnel Italian military personnel killed in World War I Captains who went down with the ship Admirals of World War I