Category: ww2 Italian Navy
Doria class battleships (1916)
Italy (1916/1937) Battleships Caio Duilio, Andrea Doria Cavour’s sister class: Doria The Andrea Doria class (or Caio Duilio class for…
Alberto di Giussano class cruisers
4 ships (1930) Giussano, Barbiano, Colleoni, Bande Nere. The famous “Condotierri” cruiser class was an invention from postwar authors, trying…
Motoscafi Di Turismo series (1940)
Midget Italian Torpedo boats: MT, MTS, MTL The MAS inheritance During the WW1 and WW2 superstars of the “naval dust”…
WW2 Italian Submarines
About 113 submersibles The Regia Marina in 1939 had far more submarines than Germany, 116 (107 for other sources) versus…
Duca degli Abruzzi class cruisers
Regia Marina – Light Cruisers (1936) Duca degli Abruzzi, Garibaldi The last Condottiere: This class also counting the Guiseppe Garibaldi…
WW2 Italian Destroyers
Italy (1916-43) – About 60 ships Overview: WW2 Italian Destroyers were still called cacciatorpediniere, “torpedo boat hunters”, the equivalent of…
Giuseppe Miraglia
Italy (1923) Seaplane Carrier Italy’s ww2 seaplane carrier: De Facto naval rivalry between France and Italy was traduced on an…
Cavour class battleships
Regia Marina (1911) Battleships Guilio Cesare, Conte di Cavour, Leonardo Da Vinci The new Italian Battleships The first Italian dreadnought…