Giuseppe Albini (admiral)

He began his military career at a very young age in Sardinian navy in the port of Nice, and having embarked as a young officer on the frigate Alceste, he took part in the siege of Toulon and was subsequently taken prisoner of war on 8 June 1794, when the Alceste was captured by the French frigate Boudeuse.

[2][3]: 59 Promoted to lieutenant in December 1803, he was commander of the xebec Vittorio Emanuele during the campaign against the Barbary pirates.

[2] He commanded the launch Benvenuto during the hydrographic expedition for the drafting of a new portolan of Sardinia designed by him, and during the capture of a small corsair vessel under Cape Bon in 1808.

[2] Captain of the vessel in 2nd rank, he was commander of the corvette Aurora operating in the waters off Tunisia (5 May - 2 June 1830), and then of the frigates it: Commercio di Genova (1832) and Regina (1839-1840).

The naval fleet left Ancona and went to Venice to embark the soldiers of the Sardinian Army present there, but the fact caused a partial mutiny of the crews of the ships, in particular on the frigates San Michele (the flagship) and Beroldo.

Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Knight of the Civil Order of Savoy - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown (Netherlands) - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain) - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Cavaliere dell'Ordine di San Gregorio Magno (Stato della Chiesa) - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Cavaliere di I classe dell'Ordine di San Stanislao (Impero russo) - ribbon for ordinary uniform

Cavaliere di V classe dell'Ordine di Medjidié (Impero Ottomano) - ribbon for ordinary uniform