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Leone class Destroyers (1921)

Scouts (cruisers): Leone, Tigre, Pantera (+Leopardo, Lince cancelled 1920) 1921-1941 The last “Esploratori” (scouts) were ordered in 1917 but built…

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Mirabello class scouts (1915)

Scouts (Cruisers, then destroyers) Carlo Mirabello, Carlo Alberto Racchia, Augusto Riboty 1916-1951 The Mirabello class were a group of three…

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Capitani Romani class Cruisers

Italy (1922-43)- 26 cruisers Best Italian cruisers ever ? The Capitani Romani-class was a class of light cruisers acting as…

Launch of Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta in 1934
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Duca d’Aosta class Cruisers (1934)

Italy (1935), Duca D’Aosta, Eugenio di Savoia The middle Condottiere The group IV of the Condottieri cruisers “superclass” included the…

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Raimondo Montecuccoli class Cruisers (1934)

Group III “Condotierri” light cruisers Italy (1934), Raimondo Montecuccoli, Muzio Attendolo A brand new cruiser design The four cruisers of…

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WW2 Italian Torpedo Boats

Italy (1914-1943)- 62 TBs The Regia Marina like the Kriegsmarine did not brushed out the torpedo boat class as obsolete….

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Zara class Cruisers (1931)

Italy (1931)- Heavy Cruisers Zara, Pola, Gorizia, Fiume. The best protected Italian cruisers ? – The four Zara class cruisers…

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WW2 Italian Cruisers

Italy (1922-43)- 26 cruisers Transalpine Cruisers: Grace and speed under the eagle The Regia Marina surprised everyone, soon after the…

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WW2 Italian battleships

Italy (1915-42) – 8 Battleships Italian Battleships during WW2 were few in numbers, just as French ones, due to the…

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Littorio class battleships

Kingdom of Italy (1937-40) – Battleships Littorio, Veneto, Roma, Impero The Duce’s mighty battleships: Italy had to wait after the…