A fantastic diorama from modelling friend Toni Toni "Maiali" The Raid on Alexandria was carried out on 19 December 1941 by Italian Navy divers of the Decima Flottiglia Mas, who attacked and disabled two Royal Navy battleships in the harbour of Alexanderia, Egypt, using manned torpedoes. The italians nicknamed the manned torpedoes "Maiali" meaning pigs, and "Maile" in English meaning Obsolete form of chainmail.