Category: ww2 Italian Navy

Aquila nearly completed, Impero 1940-43 The Aquila and Sparviero aircraft carriers were among the well-known unfinished ships of WW2. Both…

Trento, Trieste, Bolzano (1927-32) In 1920, Italy had few modern cruisers. The Washington Treaty set new standards to be followed…

Luigi Cadorna, Armando Diaz. The first six ships of the “Condotierri” large group, among which the Luigi Cadorna class, were…

Italy (1916/1937) Battleships Caio Duilio, Andrea Doria Cavour’s sister class: Doria The Andrea Doria class (or Caio Duilio class for…

4 ships (1930) Giussano, Barbiano, Colleoni, Bande Nere. The famous “Condotierri” cruiser class was an invention from postwar authors, trying…

Midget Italian Torpedo boats: MT, MTS, MTL The MAS inheritance During the WW1 and WW2 superstars of the “naval dust”…

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

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

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

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