He distinguished himself in the occupation of several islands in the Aegean Sea and the assault on the Ottoman forts in the Dardanelles.

A few days later the battleship Benedetto Brin blew up in the harbour of Brindisi in what was thought to be an act of Austrio-Hungarian sabotage.

Corsi supported the ideas of the Duke of Abruzzi, so just 11 days after his appointment as minister, Thaon di Revel also resigned.

[4] This arrangement was intended to streamline command and reduce the tensions and disagreements that had plagued the navy since it entered the war.

[7][1] Although he served as a minister for nearly two years, the experiment of combining his cabinet role with a naval one was not judged a success, and in June 1917 Thaon Di Revel returned to his former post as navy chief of staff, while his protégé Arturo Triangi took over as minister.