Augusto Vittorio Vècchi (22 December 1842,
Marseille – 6 September 1932,
Forte dei Marmi), known under the
pseudonymJack La Bolina, was an officer in the
Regia Marina (Italian navy) and a writer on maritime subjects. He has been called "the Italian
Captain Marryat".[1]
Biography
Vecchi graduated from the Regia Scuola di Marina di Genoa (Royal Naval School Genoa) and became a midshipman in 1861. He became a sub-lieutenant in 1863 and a lieutenant in 1866. He participated in the
Battle of Lissa in 1866 and resigned from the Regia Marina in 1872.[1]
Vecchi was an editor for Caffaro; giornale politico quotidiano and the Roman newspaper Fanfulla. In 1879 he founded the Regio Yacht Club Italiano.