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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…

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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…

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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”…

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WW2 Italian Submarines

About 113 submersibles The Regia Marina in 1939 had far more submarines than Germany, 116 (107 for other sources) versus…

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Duca degli Abruzzi class cruisers

Regia Marina – Light Cruisers (1936) Duca degli Abruzzi, Garibaldi The last Condottiere: This class also counting the Guiseppe Garibaldi…

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WW2 Italian Destroyers

Italy (1916-43) – About 60 ships Overview: WW2 Italian Destroyers were still called cacciatorpediniere, “torpedo boat hunters”, the equivalent of…

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Giuseppe Miraglia

Italy (1923) Seaplane Carrier Italy’s ww2 seaplane carrier: De Facto naval rivalry between France and Italy was traduced on an…

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Cavour class battleships

Regia Marina (1911) Battleships Guilio Cesare, Conte di Cavour, Leonardo Da Vinci The new Italian Battleships The first Italian dreadnought…