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Maritime warfare branch of Italy's military

For other uses, see [Italian Navy (disambiguation)](/source/Italian_Navy_(disambiguation)).

Italian Navy Marina Militare Coat of arms of the Italian Navy, displaying the coats of arms of former Italian maritime republics (clockwise from top left: Venice, Genoa, Pisa and Amalfi) Founded 1861 as Regia Marina (official) 1946 as Marina Militare Country Italy Type Navy Role Naval warfare Size 29,300 personnel 184 vessels (incl. minor auxiliaries) 70 aircraft[1] Part of Italian Armed Forces Mottos Italian: Patria e Onore "Motherland and Honour" March La Ritirata (ritirata is the return of soldiers to their barrack, or sailors to their ship after a leave) by Tommaso Mario Anniversaries 10 June – Sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István by Luigi Rizzo Decorations 1 Cavalier Cross of the Military Order of Savoy 3 Cavalier's Crosses of the Military Order of Italy 2 Gold Medals of Military Valor 1 Silver Medal of Military Valor 1 Gold Medal for Merited Public Honor Commanders Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy Ammiraglio di squadra Giuseppe Berutti Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Ammiraglio di squadra Claudio Gaudiosi Insignia Roundels Ensign Jack

Military unit

The **Italian Navy** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Marina Militare*, [lit.](/source/Literal_translation) 'Military Navy'; abbreviated as **MM**) is one of the four branches of [Italian Armed Forces](/source/Italian_Armed_Forces) and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the *[Regia Marina](/source/Regia_Marina)* (Royal Navy) after World War II. The Italian Navy has a strength of approximately 29,300 active personnel, with 184 vessels and 70 aircraft in service.[2] It is considered a multiregional and a [blue-water navy](/source/Blue-water_navy).[3][4][5]

## History

### Before and during World War II

Main article: [Regia Marina](/source/Regia_Marina)

The *[Regia Marina](/source/Regia_Marina)* was formed on 17 March 1861, after the [proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy](/source/Proclamation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy).[6] The Italian Navy assumed its present name after the Italian monarchy was abolished following a popular referendum held on 2 June 1946.

### After World War II

At the end of its five-year involvement in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Italy was a devastated nation. After the end of hostilities, the *Regia Marina* – which at the beginning of the war was the fourth largest navy in the world[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*], with a mix of modernised and new battleships – started a long and complex rebuilding process. The combat contributions of the Italian naval forces after the signing of the armistice with the Allies on 8 September 1943, and the subsequent cooperation agreement on 23 September 1943, left the Regia Marina in a poor condition, with much of its infrastructure and bases unusable and its ports mined and blocked by sunken ships. However, a large number of its naval units had survived the war, albeit in a low efficiency state, which was due to the conflict and the age of many vessels. The vessels that remained were:

- 5 battleships

- 10 cruisers

- 10 destroyers

- 20 frigates

- 20 corvettes

- 50 fast coastal patrol units

- 50 [minesweepers](/source/Minesweeper)

- 19 amphibious operations vessels

- 5 [school ships](/source/School_ship)

- 1 support ship and plane transport

### The peace treaty

The [peace treaty](/source/Treaty_of_Peace_with_Italy%2C_1947) signed on 10 February 1947 in Paris was onerous for Regia Marina. Apart from territorial and material losses, also the following restrictions were imposed:

- A ban on owning, building or experimenting with atomic weapons, self-propulsion projectiles or relative launchers, etc.

- A ban on owning battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines and amphibious assault units.

- A ban on operating military installations on the islands of [Pantelleria](/source/Pantelleria), [Pianosa](/source/Pianosa) and on the archipelago of the [Pelagian Islands](/source/Pelagian_Islands).

Aircraft carrier [*Aquila*](/source/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila) just before being scrapped in [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia), 1951

The treaty also ordered Italy to put the following ships at the disposals of the victorious nations United States, [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), the United Kingdom, France, [Greece](/source/Greece), [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia) and [Albania](/source/Albania) as war compensation:

- 3 battleships: *Giulio Cesare*, *Italia*, *Vittorio Veneto*;

- 5 cruisers: *Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta*, *Attilio Regolo*, *Scipione Africano*, *Eugenio di Savoia* and *Eritrea*;

- 7 destroyers, 5 of the [Soldati class](/source/Soldati-class_destroyer) and *Augusto Riboty* and *Alfredo Oriani*;

- 6 minesweepers: like *Aliseo* and *Fortunale*;

- 8 submarines: 3 of the *Acciaio* class;

- 1 sailing school ship: *Cristoforo Colombo*.

### The entry into NATO

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Great changes in the international political situation, which were developing into the Cold War, convinced the United Kingdom and United States to discontinue the transfer of Italy's capital ships as war reparations. Some had already been dismantled in [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) between 1948 and 1955, including the aircraft carrier [*Aquila*](/source/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila). However, the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) demanded the surrender of the battleship *Giulio Cesare* and other naval units designated for transfer. The [cruisers](/source/Cruiser) *Attilio Regolo* and *Scipione Africano* became the French *Chateaurenault* and *Guichen*, while *[*Eugenio di Savoia*](/source/Italian_cruiser_Eugenio_di_Savoia)* became the Greek *Elli*. After break up and transfers, only a small part of the fleet remained to be recommissioned into the Marina. As Western attention turned to the Soviets and the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea), Italian seas became one of the main sites of confrontation between the two superpowers, and Italy's geographical position gave it renewed naval importance within NATO.

The [carrier *Cavour*](/source/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Cavour) in the [Gulf of Oman](/source/Gulf_of_Oman), 2013

With the new elections in 1946, the Kingdom of Italy became a republic, and the Regia Marina took the name of *Marina Militare* (lit. 'Military Navy'). As the [Marshall Plan](/source/Marshall_Plan) began to rebuild Italy and Europe was rapidly being divided into two geopolitically antagonistic blocs, Italy began talks with the United States to guarantee adequate security considerations. The US government in [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) wished to keep its own installations on the [Italian Peninsula](/source/Italian_Peninsula) and relaxed the Treaty restrictions by including Italy in the Mutual Defense Assistance Programme (MDAP). On 4 April 1949, Italy joined the [North Atlantic Treaty Organization](/source/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization) (NATO) and, in order for the navy to contribute actively in the organization, the Treaty restrictions were definitively repealed by the end of 1951, with the consent of all of Western nations.

Within NATO, the Italian Navy was assigned combat control of the [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea) and [Strait of Otranto](/source/Strait_of_Otranto), as well as the defence of the naval routes through the [Tyrrhenian Sea](/source/Tyrrhenian_Sea). To ensure these tasks a *Studio sul potenziamento della Marina italiana in relazione al Patto Atlantico* (Study on the development of the Italian Navy with reference to the Atlantic Pact) was undertaken, which researched the structures and the methods for the development of the navy.

## Naval ensign

Naval ensign of Italy

The [ensign](/source/Ensign_(flag)) of the Italian Navy is the [flag of Italy](/source/Flag_of_Italy) bearing the coat of arms of the Italian Navy. The shield's quarters refer to the four Medieval Italian [Maritime Republics](/source/Maritime_Republics):

- 1st quarter: on red, a golden winged lion (the [lion of St. Mark](/source/Lion_of_St._Mark)) wielding a sword ([Republic of Venice](/source/Republic_of_Venice))

- 2nd quarter: on white field, red cross, the [Saint George's Cross](/source/Saint_George's_Cross) ([Republic of Genoa](/source/Republic_of_Genoa))

- 3rd quarter: on blue field, white [Maltese cross](/source/Maltese_cross) ([Republic of Amalfi](/source/Republic_of_Amalfi))

- 4th quarter: on red field, white [Pisan cross](/source/Pisan_cross) ([Republic of Pisa](/source/Republic_of_Pisa))

The coat of arms is surmounted by a golden crown, which distinguishes military vessels from those of the merchant navy.

The crown, *corona [rostrata](/source/Rostrata)*, was proposed in 1939 as a conjectural link to the [Roman navy](/source/Roman_navy) by Admiral [Domenico Cavagnari](/source/Domenico_Cavagnari), then a member of the [Chamber of Fasces and Corporations](/source/Chamber_of_Fasces_and_Corporations) in the Fascist government. In the proposal, Admiral Cavagnari wrote that "in order to recall the common origin [of the Navy] from the Roman mariners, the Insignia will be surmounted by the towered Crown with *[rostra](/source/Rostrum_(ship))*, the emblem of honour and valour the [Roman Senate](/source/Roman_Senate) awarded to the leaders of naval victories, conquerors of lands and cities across the seas".

A further difference is that St. Mark's lion, symbolising the Republic of Venice, does not hold the gospel in its paw (as it does on [the civil ensign](/source/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice), where the book is open at the words "*Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus*", meaning "peace to you, Mark, my evangelist") and is wielding a sword instead: such an image is consistent with the pictorial tradition from Venetian history, in which the book is shown open during peacetime and closed during wartime.

## Structure and organisation

### Organization

Main article: [Structure of the Italian Navy](/source/Structure_of_the_Italian_Navy)

In 2012 the Navy began a restructuring process that will see a 21% decrease in personnel by 2025. A new structure was implemented in January 2014.[7]

Position Italian title Rank Incumbent Chief of Staff of the Navy Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina Vice Admiral Giuseppe Berutti Bergotto[8] Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della Marina Vice Admiral [needs update] Commander in Chief Naval Fleet Comandante in Capo della Squadra Navale (CINCNAV) Vice Admiral Aurelio De Carolis Commander Schools Command Comandante Scuole (MARICOMSCUOLE) Vice Admiral Antonio Natale[9] Commander Logistics Command Comandante Logistico (MARICOMLOG) Vice Admiral Salvatore Vitiello[10] Commander Maritime Command North Comandante del Comando Marittimo Nord (MARINANORD) Rear Admiral Giorgio Lazio[11] Commander Maritime Command South Comandante del Comando Marittimo Sud (MARINASUD) Rear Admiral Eduardo Serra[12][13] Commander Maritime Command Sicily Comandante del Comando Marittimo Sicilia (MARISICILIA) Rear Admiral Nicola De Felice[14] Commander Maritime Command Rome Comandante del Comando Marittimo Capitale (MARICAPITALE) Rear Admiral Raiders and Divers Grouping Comandante Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori (COMSUBIN) Rear Admiral Paolo Pezzuti

### Coast Guard

The [Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard](/source/Corps_of_the_Port_Captaincies_%E2%80%93_Coast_Guard) (*Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto – Guardia costiera*) is the [coast guard](/source/Coast_guard) of Italy and is part of the Italian Navy under the control of the [Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports](/source/Ministry_of_Infrastructures_and_Transports_(Italy)), the [Ministry of the Environment](/source/Ministry_of_the_Environment_(Italy)), the [Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies](/source/Ministry_of_Agricultural%2C_Food_and_Forestry_Policies_(Italy)), as well as the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Italy)). In Italy, it is commonly known as simply the *Guardia costiera* or *Capitaneria di Porto*. The Coast Guard has approximately 11,000 staff. [15]

### Corps

The Italian Navy is divided into six corps (by precedence):

- *Corpo di stato maggiore* – Staff Officers Corps (SM): [line officers](/source/Line_officer)

- *Corpo del genio della Marina* – [Naval Engineers Corps](/source/Corps_of_Naval_Engineering) (GM) - *Specialità genio navale* – Marine engineering branch (GM/GN): [engineer officers](/source/Engineer_officer) - *Specialità armi navali* – Naval ordnance branch (GM/AN): weapon engineer officers - *Specialità genio infrastrutture* – Infrastructure engineering (GM/INFR): [civil engineer](/source/Civil_engineer) officers

- *Corpo sanitario militare marittimo* – Maritime Military Medical Corps: (MD) for medics, (FM) for pharmacists

- *Corpo di commissariato militare marittimo* – Military Maritime Supply Corps (CM): [administration](/source/Purser), [paymaster](/source/Paymaster), [legal executive](/source/Legal_executive), [supply](/source/Supply_officer), [logistics officer](/source/Logistics_officer)

- *Corpo delle capitanerie di porto* – [Port Captaincies Corps](/source/Corps_of_the_Port_Captaincies_%E2%80%93_Coast_Guard) (CP): the coast guard

- *Corpo degli equipaggi militari marittimi* – Military Maritime Crews Corps (CEMM)

### Fleet

Command of the Italian Fleet (ships, submarines and amphibious forces) and [Naval aviation](/source/Italian_Navy_Aviation)[16] falls under the [Commander in Chief Naval Fleet](/source/Commander_in_Chief_Naval_Fleet).

## Current equipment

### Ships and submarines

Main articles: [List of active Italian Navy ships](/source/List_of_active_Italian_Navy_ships) and [List of decommissioned ships of the Italian Navy](/source/List_of_decommissioned_ships_of_the_Italian_Navy)

The fleet includes the following oceangoing units:

- 1 Light [STOVL](/source/STOVL) [aircraft carrier](/source/Aircraft_carrier)

- 1 [Landing helicopter dock](/source/Landing_helicopter_dock)

- 3 [amphibious assault ships](/source/Amphibious_assault_ship)

- 3 [destroyers](/source/Destroyer)

- 14 [frigates](/source/Frigate)

- 8 [attack submarines](/source/Attack_submarine)

- 4 [auxiliary ships](/source/Auxiliary_ship)

Hydrographic Naval Squadron includes:

- 3 hydrographic Ships

- 2 research vessels operated in cooperation with NATO STO CMRE

Patrol and littoral warfare units include:

- 9 [offshore patrol vessels](/source/Patrol_boat)

- 10 [mine countermeasure vessels](/source/Mine_countermeasure_vessel)

- 6 coastal [patrol boats](/source/Patrol_boat)

and a varied fleet of [auxiliary ships](/source/Auxiliary_ship) are also in service.[17]

The flagship of the fleet is the [carrier *Cavour*](/source/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Cavour).

### Aircraft

See also: [Italian Naval Aviation § Aircraft](/source/Italian_Naval_Aviation#Aircraft)

### Equipment of the San Marco Marine brigade

See also: [San Marco Marine Brigade § Equipment](/source/San_Marco_Marine_Brigade#Equipment)

## Future equipment

### Ships and submarines

- 1× [*Bergamini*-class](/source/FREMM_multipurpose_frigate) GP-enhanced (GP-e, General Purpose with Anti-Submarine Warfare capabilities) frigates, being built to replace two vessels from the Italian FREMM-class build program that were transferred to Egypt in 2020 and 2021; delivery is anticipated in the 2025–26 period.[18]

- 2× [*Bergamini*-class](/source/FREMM_multipurpose_frigate) EVO (Anti-Submarine Warfare) frigates; delivery is anticipated in the 2029–30 period.[19]

The 2014 Naval Act allocated €5.4 billion for the following vessels:[20]

- 7× [*Thaon di Revel*-class](/source/Thaon_di_Revel-class_offshore_patrol_vessel) [offshore patrol vessel](/source/Offshore_patrol_vessel)/[frigate](/source/Frigate)— 4× commissioned [21]

The 2017 budget allocated €12.8 billion (2017–2032 years) for the following ships:

- 1× [Special & Diving Operations – Submarine Rescue Ship](/source/Italian_ship_USSP) (SOD – SuRS),[22] to replace the [submarine rescue ship](/source/Submarine_rescue_ship) [*Anteo*](/source/Italian_ship_Anteo_(A_5309))

- 1× [Major Hydro-oceanographic Ship](/source/Italian_ship_UIOM) (NIOM),[23] to replace the [hydrographic survey](/source/Hydrographic_survey) vessel [*Ammiraglio Magnaghi*](/source/Italian_ship_Ammiraglio_Magnaghi)

- 12× minehunters to replace the [*Lerici* and *Gaeta*-class](/source/Lerici-class_minehunter) minehunters:[21] - 8× Cacciamine Nuova Generazione-Costieri (CNG-C, New Generation Minehunter – Coastal) for homeland security roles (about 800 t and 57 m) - 4× Cacciamine Nuova Generazione-Altura (CNG-A, New Generation Minehunter – Ocean-going) for expeditionary roles (about 1,300 t and 75–80 m)

- 8× [European Patrol Corvettes](/source/European_Patrol_Corvette) in a joint program with France (about 3,200 t)[21]

The 2018 budget allocated about €1 billion for:[24]

- 4 x [U212NFS](/source/U212_NFS_submarine) [attack submarines](/source/Attack_submarine), for commissioning in 2027–2029–2030–2032.[25] In December 2022, an amended contract was signed for production of a third NFS Submarine based on the design of the previous two submarines. The third Submarine (NFS 3) is planned to be delivered at the end of 2030, while a contract for the fourth boat was signed in 2024.[26][27]

The "Documento Programmatico Pluriennale 2021–2023" funds the following ships:[28]

- 2× 11,000-ton [DDX-class](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DDX-class&action=edit&redlink=1) destroyers, a development of the [Horizon class](/source/Horizon-class_frigate) to replace the [*Durand de la Penne*-class](/source/Durand_de_la_Penne-class_destroyer) [guided missile destroyers](/source/Guided_missile_destroyer) by 2028 to 2030[21][18]

- 3× [*Vulcano*-class logistic support ships](/source/Vulcano-class_logistic_support_ship), to replace [*Vesuvio*](/source/Stromboli-class_replenishment_oiler) and [*Etna*](/source/Italian_ship_Etna_(A_5326))[21] (increased to four ships under Defence Planning Document 2023–2025)[29]

- 1× UBOS, diving support vessel

- 10× MTC, coastal transport vessels to replace the [*Gorgona* class](/source/Gorgona-class_transport_ship) and [*Ponza* class](/source/Ponza-class_transport_ship)

- 4× training vessels

- Mid-Life Update (MLU) of the Horizon-class destroyers

- 3 offshore patrol vessels (OPV) (FCX-20 variant of Fincantieri's FCX; about 2300 tons) ordered August 2023 + 3 ships in option[30]

### Planned equipment

- 2× [amphibious transport docks](/source/Amphibious_transport_dock), to [replace](/source/San_Giorgio-class_amphibious_transport_dock#Replacement_class) the [*San Giorgio*-class](/source/San_Giorgio-class_amphibious_transport_dock) [amphibious transport docks](/source/Amphibious_transport_dock) (about 16,500 t) in 2028–2030 period[21][31]

- 1× [electronic surveillance ship](/source/Spy_ship) to add to the existing [*Elettra*](/source/Italian_ship_Elettra)[21]

- 1× submarine and minehunter support ship[21]

For the [Naval Aviation](/source/Italian_Navy_Aviation) the Navy plans to expand or replace the following assets:[21]

- 9× [maritime patrol aircraft](/source/Maritime_patrol_aircraft) (currently 4 x [ATR 72](/source/ATR_72)MP in service)

- 30× heavy helicopters (currently 22 x [AW101](/source/AgustaWestland_AW101) in service)

- 12× light utility helicopters, a new acquisition of [AW169](/source/AgustaWestland_AW169) helicopters

- 16× tactical [unmanned aerial vehicles](/source/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle) (currently 10 x [ScanEagle](/source/Boeing_Insitu_ScanEagle) in service)

For the [San Marco Marine Brigade](/source/San_Marco_Marine_Brigade), the Navy plans to acquire following assets:[21]

- 72× [Iveco SuperAV](/source/Iveco_SuperAV) amphibious 8x8 combat vehicles (36 vehicles ordered December 2022)[32]

- 90× [VTMM Orso](/source/GFF4) armored 4x4 vehicles

## Rank structure

Main article: [Italian Navy ranks](/source/Italian_Navy_ranks)

### Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of [commissioned officers](/source/Commissioned_officer).

NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 Italian Navy[33][34][35] v t e Ammiraglio Ammiraglio di squadra Ammiraglio di divisione Contrammiraglio Capitano di vascello Capitano di fregata Capitano di corvetta Tenente di vascello Sottotenente di vascello Guardiamarina

### Other ranks

The rank insignia of [non-commissioned officers](/source/Non-commissioned_officer) and [enlisted personnel](/source/Enlisted_rank).

NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1 Italian Navy[36][37] v t e Capo di prima classe Capo di seconda classe Capo di terza classe Sottocapo aiutante Sottocapo scelto Sottocapo di prima classe Sottocapo di seconda classe Sottocapo di terza classe No insignia Primo luogotenente Luogotenente Primo maresciallo Secondo aiutante Secondo capo scelto Secondo capo Sergente Comune scelto Comune di prima classe Comune di seconda classe

## See also

- [Italian Armed Forces](/source/Italian_Armed_Forces)

- [Uniforms of the Italian Armed Forces](/source/Uniforms_of_the_Italian_Armed_Forces)

- [Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare](/source/Gruppo_Sportivo_della_Marina_Militare)

- [List of active Italian Navy ships](/source/List_of_active_Italian_Navy_ships)

- [List of decommissioned ships of the Italian Navy](/source/List_of_decommissioned_ships_of_the_Italian_Navy)

- [Regia Marina](/source/Regia_Marina)

## Notes

## References

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