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===Early Life===
Mimbelli came from a Livornese family with links to Ragusa (Dubrovnik). He entered the Italian Naval Academy in 1981 and graduated as an Ensign in 1923. In the late 1920's he served on Italian Navy gunboats in China. Promoted to lieutenant he served on the Italian delegation to the [[London Naval Conference]] in 1930. He subsequently served on the cruiser Trento moving to the torpedo boat arm in 1937, subsequently being promoted to Frigate Captain and serving in the Navy Ministry. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to command a torpedo boat flotilla.
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