Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Naval ensign of Italy. This is a list of active Italian Navy ships.The navy maintains approximately 181 ships in service, [1] including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. [2]
The Cavour has a displacement of 27,900 tons but can reach more than 30,000 tons at full military capacity. [2] It complemented the Italian Navy's other aircraft carrier, the Giuseppe Garibaldi, before the older ship was decommissioned in 2024. The Italian Navy will replace its 16 Harriers with 15 (originally 22) Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning ...
Today's Italian Navy is a modern navy with ships of every type. The fleet is in continuous evolution, and as of today oceangoing fleet units include: 2 light aircraft carriers , 3 amphibious assault ships , 4 destroyers , 11 frigates and 8 attack submarines .
Vulcano (A 5335) [1] (Italian: Nave Vulcano (m)) [2] is a warship of the Italian Navy, a Vulcano-class logistic support ship, the lead ship in its class. [3] It was built as part of a joint project between Italy and France to build such ships. [4] It is a replenishment oiler auxiliary ship. [5] [6] Vulcano has the pennant number A 5335. [1]
The ship replaced the aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi and is the largest vessel in the Italian fleet. It was ordered as part of the 2014–2015 naval program and was built at the Castellammare di Stabia shipyards of Fincantieri. On 7 December 2024, the ship was commissioned at the Italian Navy's base in Livorno. [5]
But due to the policy of restraint adopted by the Italian Navy, Dante Alighieri and the other battleships of the Italian fleet saw no action. [4] Financial limitations in the post-war period forced the navy to scrap the ship to reduce the naval budget. [13] The ship was accordingly stricken on 1 July 1928 and sold for scrap. [12]
The Vulcano class is a class of replenishment oiler used by the Italian Navy, with lead ship Vulcano of the class entered service on 12 March 2021. [5] The ships are designed to support fleet operations with fuel and dry stores and expected to replace the Stromboli class, another class of replenishment oiler from the Navy.
Ordered by Kriegsmarine as KT10 for Royal Italian Navy: Personnel Transport ships; Cantiere Navale Tosi Taranto: Tarantola [341] [342] 10 October 1942 1942 1993 512 28,31