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Marina Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) is one of the four divisions of the military forces of Italy. It was born in 1946, as the Navy of the Italian Republic, from the ashes of the Regia Marina.
Ships
Currently Active
Audace class
- Ardito (D 550)
- Audace (D 551)
Luigi Durand De la Penne class
- Luigi Durand De la Penne (D 560) (formerly Animoso)
- Francesco Mimbelli (D 561) (formerly Ardimentoso)
- Maestrale (F 570)
- Grecale (F 571)
- Libeccio (F 572)
- Scirocco (F 573)
- Aliseo (F 574)
- Euro (F 575)
- Espero (F 576)
- Zeffiro (F 577)
Minerva class - 1st series
- Minerva (F 551)
- Danaide (F 553)
- Urania (F 552)
- Sfinge (F 554)
Minerva class - 2nd series
- Driade (F 555)
- Chimera (F 556)
- Fenice (F 557)
- Sibilla (F 558)
Training ships
Corsaro class
- Stella Polare (A 5313)
- Corsaro II (A 5316)
Dismissed
Under Construction
- Cavour aircraft carrier: 1 vessel (Cavour), 2007
- Orizzonte class frigater: 2 vessels, to replace destroyers Audace and Ardito, 2007 and 2009
- U212A class submarines: 2 vessels (C.te Salvatore Todaro and Scire'), 2005 and 2006
External links
- Marina Militare (http://www.marina.difesa.it) homepage
- Italian Navy (http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/italian.htm) from www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk - 10 pages of photos
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