For other uses, see 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
30,923 personnel 184 vessels (incl. minor auxiliaries) 70 aircraft[1]
Part of
Italian Armed Forces
Motto(s)
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 Enrico Credendino
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
Ammiraglio di squadra Claudio Gaudiosi
Insignia
Roundels
Ensign
Jack
Military unit
The Italian Navy (Italian: Marina Militare, lit. 'Military Navy'; abbreviated as MM) is the navy of the Italian Republic. It is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) after World War II. As of August 2014[update], the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy.[2][3][4]
^"LA MARINA MILITARE OGGI" (PDF). www.marina.difesa.it (in Italian).
^Todd, Daniel; Lindberg, Michael (May 14, 1996). Navies and Shipbuilding Industries: The Strained Symbiosis. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780275953102. Retrieved May 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
^Till, Geoffrey (August 2, 2004). Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge. pp. 113–120. ISBN 9781135756789. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
^Coffey, Joseph I. (1989). The Atlantic Alliance and the Middle East. United States: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780822911548. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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