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The Italian Navy ( Italian: Marina Militare, lit. 'Military Navy'; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) after World War II. As of August 2014, the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in ...
This is a list of active Italian Navy ships. The navy maintains approximately 181 ships in service, [ 1] including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. [ 2] Ocean going fleet units include: 2 aircraft carriers, 3 small 8,000-tonne ...
Italian Navy F-35B Lightning II (right) and AV-8B Harrier II (foreground) alongside an F-18E Super Hornet of the US Navy Italian Navy SH-101A ASuW/ASW helicopter. The Air Forces Command is headed by a Counter admiral and trains and maintains all the aerial assets of the navy. The commanding officer of the Naval Aviation Command also heads the ...
Regia Marina naval jack until 1900. The Regia Marina was established on 17 March 1861 following the proclamation of the formation of the Kingdom of Italy.Just as the Kingdom was a unification of various states in the Italian peninsula, so the Regia Marina was formed from the navies of those states, though the main constituents were the navies of the former kingdoms of Sardinia and Naples.
List of battleships of Italy. Battleship Roma in 1940. Starting in the 1890s, the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) began building a series of modern battleships. Early designs were marked by their small size, light armor, and high speed compared to contemporary foreign counterparts. The first pre-dreadnought battleship design, the Ammiraglio ...
The vessel is a full-rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 m (270 ft) long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She has a draught of about 7 m (23 ft) and a displacement at full load of 4146 tons. Under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo Vespucci can reach 10 knots ...
Trieste is a multi-role amphibious unit of the Italian Navy, officially classified as a landing helicopter dock (amphibious assault helicopter carrier), it will be the largest vessel in the Italian fleet. It was ordered as part of the 2014–2015 naval program and was built at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyards of Fincantieri .
Corvette Captain. Ship-of-the-line lieutenant. Ship-of-the-line sublieutenant. Gardemarine. (Ensign) Gardemarine Aspirant. Notes: 1 The rank of "ammiraglio" (admiral) is assigned to the only naval officer promoted as chief of the defense staff. 2 The rank of "ammiraglio di squadra con incarichi speciali" (squadron admiral with special ...