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This is a list of decommissioned vessels of the Italian Navy since 1949.
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submarines | ||||||||||
| Sauro [1] |  |
Fincantieri Spa – Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
Leonardo da Vinci (S 520) II Batch [2] Guglielmo Marconi (S 521) II Batch [3] Carlo Feccia di Cossato (S 519) I Batch [4] Nazario Sauro (S 518) I Batch [5] |
20.10.1980 20.9.1980 16.11.1977 9.10.1976 |
23.10.1981 11.9.1982 5.11.1979 12.2.1980 |
30.6.2010 1.10.2003 1.4.2005 1.5.2002 |
1,641 | 63,85 | 19 | Nazario Sauro (S 518) preserved to Galata - Museo del mare, Genoa |
| Toti [6] |  |
Italcantieri Spa – Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
Attilio Bagnolini (S 505)[7] Enrico Toti (S 506)[8] Enrico Dandolo (S 513)[9] Lazzaro Mocenigo (S 514)[10] |
26.8.1967 12.3.1967 16.12.1967 20.4.1968 |
16.6.1968 22.1.1968 29.9.1968 28.12.1968 |
5.7.1991 30.9.1997 30.9.1996 15.10.1993 |
591 | 46 | 14 | Enrico Toti (S 506) preserved to Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci Enrico Dandolo (S 513) preserved to Museo Storico Navale |
| Piomarta (Ex-US Tang class) |
.jpg) |
Electric Boat - Groton Connecticut United States |
Livio Piomarta (S 515)[11] Romeo Romei (S 516)[12] |
14.6.1951 3.12.1951 |
10.7.1973 22.2.1974 |
28.2.1986 31.05.1988 |
2,700 2,743 |
87,4 | 18,3 | ex USS Trigger (SS-564) ex USS Harder (SS-568) |
| Gazzana Priaroggia (Ex-US Tench class) |
 |
Boston Naval Shipyard Boston Massachusetts United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery Maine United States |
Primo Longobardo (S 501)[13] Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia (S 502)[14] |
15.12.1944 21.5.1948 |
18.8.1972 18.8.1972 |
31.1.1980 31.5.1981 |
2,480 | 93,6 | 20 | ex USS Pickerel (SS-524) ex USS Volador (SS-490) |
| Torricelli (Ex-US Balao class) |
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Electric Boat - Groton Connecticut United States Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company – Wisconsin United States |
Alfredo Cappellini (S 507)[15] Evangelista Torricelli (S 512)[16] Francesco Morosini (S 508)[17] |
2.12.1943 14.3.1944 27.2.1944 |
5.3.1966 9.1.1960 31.3.1966 |
1.11.1977 30.9.1976 30.11.1973 |
2,424 2,466 2,460 |
93.6 95 93,6 |
20 18 20 |
ex USS Capitaine (SS-336) ex USS Lizardfish (SS-373) ex USS Besugo (SS-321) |
| Tazzoli (Ex-US Gato class) |
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Electric Boat - Groton Connecticut United States |
Enrico Tazzoli (S 511)[18] Leonardo da Vinci (S 510)[19] |
2.4.1942 25.4.1943 |
13.12.1954 31.1.1955 |
28.02.1973 1.5.1973 |
2,463 | 93,2 | 20 | ex USS Barb (SS-220) ex USS Dace (SS-247) |
| Flutto | CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico – Monfalcone (Gorizia) Cantieri Navali Tosi – Taranto |
Vortice (S 502)[20][21] Pietro Calvi (S 503)[22][23] |
23.2.1943 21.6.1959 |
21.6.1943 16.12.1961 |
1.8.1967 1971 |
1,095 1,107 |
63,13 65,9 |
15 14 |
ex PV-1 ex Bario | |
| Acciaio |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico – Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
Giada (S 501)[24][25] | 10.6.1941 | 8.12.1941 | 1.6.1966 | 865 | 60,18 | 14 | ex PV-2 | |
| DSRV | ||||||||||
| Cantieri Navali Breda - Porto Marghera (Venice) |
USEL/MSM-1S [26] | 1977 | 2000 ? | 13,2 | Operated by ITS Anteo (A5309) Maximum operating depth: 300 m Capacity: 10 rescuees Replaced by SRV-300 and stored at La Spezia Naval Base | |||||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleships | ||||||||||
| Andrea Doria |  |
Arsenale Militare Marittimo La Spezia Cantiere Navale San Marco Trieste Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Naples |
Andrea Doria (B 51) [27][28] Duilio (B 50) [29] |
30.3.1913 24.4.1913 |
13.3.1916 10.5.1915 |
16.9.1956 15.9.1956 |
25,200 29,000 |
186,9 | 27 | Andrea Doria was used as a gunnery training ship, after May 1953 |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guided missile cruisers | ||||||||||
| Vittorio Veneto | .jpg) |
Italcantieri Spa Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) |
Vittorio Veneto | 5.2.1967 | 12.07.1969 | 29.06.2006 | 8,850 | 179,6 | 30 | |
| Andrea Doria | Cantieri del Tirreno Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Navalmeccanica Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) |
Andrea Doria Caio Duilio |
27.2.1963 22.12.1962 |
23.02.1964 30.11.1964 |
30.09.1992 15.11.1989 |
6,500 | 149,2 | 30 | Converted into training ship in 1980 | |
| Condottieri (Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi) |  |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) Arsenale Militare Marittimo La Spezia |
Giuseppe Garibaldi | 21.4.1936 / 1961 | 1.12.1937 / 1961 | 1971 | 11,350 | 187 | 30 | Converted into a guided missile cruiser by 1961 Fitted with 4 launch tubes for UGM-27 Polaris SLBM missiles |
| light cruisers | ||||||||||
| Condottieri |  |
Cantiere Navale OTO Livorno |
Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi[30][31] | 21.4.1936 | 1.12.1937 | 1.1961 | 11,735 | 187 | 34 | Refitted in 1953 |
| Condottieri | _c1962.jpg) |
Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Genoa |
Raimondo Montecuccoli[32][33] | 2.8.1934 | 30.6.1935 | 1.6.1964 | 8,994 | 182,2 | 37 | refitted in 1949 to serve as training cruiser |
| Alberto di Giussano |  |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Trieste |
Luigi Cadorna[34][35] | 30.9.1931 | 11.8.1933 | 5.1951 | 7,113 | 169,3 | 37 | |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guided missile destroyers | ||||||||||
| Audace |  |
Cantieri Navali Riuniti Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Italcantieri Spa Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) |
Audace (D 551) [36] Ardito (D 550) [37] |
2.10.1971 27.11.1971 |
16.11.1972 5.12.1972 |
28.09.2006 28.09.2006 |
4,554 | 140,7 | 33 | |
| Impavido | _underway_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea_on_19_May_1983_(6474637).jpg) |
Cantieri Navali Riuniti Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Genoa |
Impavido (D 570) [38] Intrepido (D 571) [39] |
25.5.1962 21.10.1962 |
16.11.1963 28.07.1964 |
15.7.1992 1991 |
3,941 | 130,9 | 34 | |
| destroyers | ||||||||||
| Fante (Ex-US Fletcher class) |
.jpg) |
Bath Iron Works Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Bath Iron Works |
Fante (D 561) [40] Geniere (D 555) [41] Lanciere (D 560) [42] |
31.8.1942 20.7.1942 28.8.1941 |
2.07.1969 17.01.1970 2.07.1969 |
1977 1975 1.971 |
2,050 | 114,7 | 35 | ex USS Walker (DD-517) ex USS Prichett (DD-561) ex USS Taylor (DD-468) She was cannibalized to maintain her sister ships still serving |
| Indomito |  |
CNR Cantieri Navali Riuniti Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Ansaldo S.p.A. - Stabilimento Luigi Orlando Livorno |
Impetuoso (D 558) [43] Indomito (D 559) [44] |
16.9.1956 7.8.1955 |
25.01.1958 23.02.1958 |
1983 1980 |
3,810 | 127,6 | 34 | |
| San Giorgio (Ex Regia Marina Capitani Romani class) [45] |
_underway_c1959.jpg) |
CNR Cantieri Navali Riuniti Ancona Navalmeccanica - Cantiere Navale di Castellammare di Stabia Naples |
San Giorgio (D 562) [46][47] San Marco (D 563) [48][49] |
24.8.1941 20.7.1941 |
1955 1956 |
1980 1971 |
5,420 | 142,2 | 36 | ex Pompeo Magno Converted between 1951/1955 Refitted as cadet training ship between 1963/1965 [50] ex Giulio Germanico converted between 1950/1956 |
| Artigliere (Ex-US Benson and Gleaves classes |
 |
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco California Boston Navy Yard |
Artigliere (D 553) [51] Aviere (D 554) [52] |
30.4.1941 1.11.1939 |
11.06.1951 15.01.1951 |
1.1971 1975 |
2,619 2,520 |
105,99 106,17 |
37,6 35 |
ex USS Woodworth (DD-460) later refitted as training ship ex USS Nicholson (DD-442) Since 1970 refitted as experimental ship and coded A 5302 |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| guided missile frigates | ||||||||||
| Soldati |  |
Italcantieri Spa - CNR Cantieri Navali Riuniti Ancona Fincantieri Riva Trigoso |
Artigliere (F 582) [53] Aviere (F 583) Bersagliere (F 584) Granatiere (F 585) |
27.07.1983 19.12.1984 18.04.1985 1.06.1985 |
29.10.1994 4.01.1995 8.11.1995 20.03.1996 |
29.09.2013 2.10.2019 17.04.2018 30.09.2015 |
2,506 | 113,2 | 35 | Built for Iraqi Navy as Hittin F-14 but never delivered Built for Iraqi Navy as Thi Qar but never delivered Built for Iraqi Navy as Al Yarmouk but never delivered Built for Iraqi Navy as Al Qadisiya but never delivered |
| Lupo |  |
Italcantieri Spa - Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riva Trigoso (Genoa) |
Lupo (F 564) [54] Sagittario (F 565) [55] Perseo (F 566) [56] Orsa (F 567) [57] |
29.07.1976 22.6.1977 8.7.1978 1.3.1979 |
20.09.1977 18.11.1978 1.03.1980 1.03.1980 |
2003 2005 2005 2002 |
2,525 | 113,55 | 35 | Transferred 3.11.2004 to Peruvian Navy as BAP Palacios (FM-56) Transferred 23.1.2006 to Peruvian Navy as BAP Quiñónes (FM-58) Transferred 23.1.2006 to Peruvian Navy as BAP Bolognesi (FM-57) Transferred 3.11.2004 to Peruvian Navy as BAP Aguirre (FM-55) |
| Anti-submarine frigates | ||||||||||
| Alpino |  |
Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riva Trigoso (Genoa) |
Alpino (F 580) [58][59] Carabiniere (F 581) [60][61] |
14.06.1967 30.09.1967 |
14.01.1968 28.04.1968 |
31.03.2006 19.11.2008 |
2,689 | 113,3 | 29 | Converted to minehunter support ship as A5384 in the late 1990s Converted to experimental ship in 1993-1994 |
| Bergamini | _c1962.jpg) |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) Navalmeccanica Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) |
Luigi Rizzo (F 596) [62][63] Carlo Margottini (F 595) [64][65] Virginio Fasan (F 594) [66][67] Carlo Bergamini (F 593) [68][69] |
06.03.1960 12.06.1960 09.10.1960 16.06.1960 |
15.12.1961 5.5.1962 10.10.1962 23.6.1962 |
30.11.1980 31.5.1988 7.12.1988 11.1981 |
1,650 | 94 | 26 | |
| Centauro | _underway_c1959.jpg) |
Cantiere Ansaldo Livorno Cantieri Navali Tosi Taranto |
Canopo (F 551) [70][71] Castore (F 553) [72][73] Centauro (F 554) [74][75] Cigno (F 555) [76][77] |
20.02.1955 08.07.1956 04.04.1954 14.03.1955 |
4.5.1958 14.7.1957 4.4.1957 7.3.1957 |
30.9.1982 1.1.1983 31.5.1985 31.10.1983 |
2,184 | 103,1 | 26 | Launched as D-570 Since 10.4.1957 classified as a frigate Launched as D-571 Entered service as a frigate Launched as D-572 Since 10.4.1957 classified as a frigate Launched as D-573 Since 10.4.1957 classified as a frigate Cigno and Castore financed by U.S.A. with Mutual Defence Assistance Program as DE 1020 and DE 1031 [78] than assigned to Italy |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Sped (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corvettes | ||||||||||
| Minerva |  |
Fincantieri Spa - Cantieri Navali Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Fincantieri Spa - Cantiere Navale del Muggiano (La Spezia) |
Minerva (F 551) [79] Urania (F 552) Danaide (F 553) Sfinge (F 554) Driade (F 555) Chimera (F 556) Fenice (F 557) Sibilla (F 558) [80][81][82] |
3.04.1986 21.06.1986 18.10.1986 16.05.1987 11.03.1989 7.04.1990 9.09.1989 15.09.1990 |
10.06.1987 1.06.1987 9.09.1987 13.02.1988 19.04.1990 15.01.1991 11.09.1990 16.05.1991 |
14.05.2015 10.03.2016 10.03.2016 29.05.2017 25.09.2019 25.09.2019 29.05.2017 14.05.2015 |
1,285 | 87 | 24 | [83] |
| Aldebaran (Ex US Cannon class |
 |
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Newark, New Jersey Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida |
Aldebaran (F 590) [84] Altair (F 591) [85][86] Andromeda (F 592) [87] |
30.12.1943 12.12.1943 17.10.1943 |
10.1.1951 10.1.1951 10.1.1951 |
1976 1971 1.1972 |
1,796 | 93 | 21 | ex USS Thornhill (DE-195) initially classified as destroyer escort AD since 1957 coded as frigate then corvette ex USS Gandy (DE-764) initially classified as destroyer escort AT since 1957 coded as frigate then corvette ex USS Wesson (DE-184) initially classified as destroyer escort AN since 1957 coded as frigate then corvette |
| Spica (Climene batch) [88] |
 |
Cantieri del Tirreno Riva Trigoso (Genoa) |
Cassiopea (F 553) [88][89] |
1936 | 26.4.1937 | 1959 | 1,010 | 83,5 | 34 | Commissioned as Torpedo boats between 1950 and 1952 became fast Corvettes since 1953 coded as F |
| Spica (Alcione batch) [90] |
 |
Cantieri del Quarnaro Fiume Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Sestri Ponente Genoa |
Libra (F 552) [90][91] Aretusa (F 556) Clio (F 555) Calliope (F 551) |
3.10.1937 6.02.1938 3.04.1938 16.04.1938 |
19.01.1938 1.07.1938 2.10.1938 28.10.1938 |
1.04.1964 1.08.1958 1959 1.8.1958 |
1,050 | 81,42 | 34 | Commissioned as Torpedo boats between 1950 and 1952 became fast Corvettes since 1953 coded as F |
| Spica (Perseo batch) [92] |
 |
Cantieri del Quarnaro Fiume |
Sirio (F 554) Sagittario (F 557) |
14.11.1935 21.06.1936 |
1.03.1936 8.10.1936 |
1959 1964 |
1,020 | 81,9 | 34 | Commissioned as Torpedo boats between 1950 and 1952 became fast Corvettes since 1953 coded as F |
| Anti-submarine Corvettes | ||||||||||
| Pietro de Cristofaro | .jpg) |
Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riva Trigoso Genoa Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Sestri Ponente Genoa CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone Gorizia |
Pietro de Cristofaro (F 540)[93] Salvatore Todaro (F 550)[94] Umberto Grosso (F 541)[95] Licio Visintini (F 546)[96] |
29.05.1965 1964 1964 1965 |
1965 1966 1966 1966 |
1994 1994 1994 1994 |
994 | 80,2 | 23 | |
| Albatros | _underway_c1962.jpg) |
Navalmeccanica Spa Castellammare di Stabia Naples Cantiere Navale Ernesto Breda Marghera Venice |
Albatros (F 543) [97][98] Alcione (F 544) [99][100] Airone (F 545) [101][102] Aquila (F 542) [103][104] |
18.07.1954 19.09.1954 21.11.1954 31.07.1954 |
1.06.1955 23.10.1955 29.12.1955 18.10.1961 |
30.04.1989 1991 1991 1991 |
950 | 69,5 | 19 | Financed by United States on MDAP program as PC-1619 Financed by USA on MDAP program as PC-1620 Financed by United States on MDAP program as PC-1621 Financed by USA on MDAP program as PC-1626 launched as HNLMS Lynx (F923) for Netherlands Navy |
| Le Fougueux (P.C. 1610) on PC-461 plans |
 |
Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon Brest  on U.S.A. plans |
Vedetta (F 597) [105][106] |
30.09.1954 | 5.11.1959 | 1.05.1978 | 450 | 53 | 18,7 | Financed by United States with MDAP program Launched in France Delivery 23.8.1955 to Germany Navy Delivery 2.1.1957 to Ethiopian Navy as Zerai Deres[107][108] Returned in summer 1957 to USA, as U.S.S. P.C. 1616 |
| Gabbiano |  |
Cantieri Navali Cerusa Voltri (Genoa) Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Sestri Ponente (Genoa) |
Gabbiano (F 571) [109] Cormorano (F 575) [110] Pellicano (F 574) [111] Folaga (F 576)[112] Gru (F 566) [113] Ibis (F 561) [114] |
23.06.1942 17.11.1942 20.02.1943 13.11.1942 23.12.1942 12.12.1942 |
3.10.1942 6.03.1943 15.04.1943 16.02.1943 29.04.1943 3.04.1943 |
1.11.1971 1.11.1971 1.01.1969 1.08.1965 1.08.1971 1.07.1971 |
740 | 64,4 | 18,5 | |
| Gabbiano (Ape batch) |
 |
Navalmeccanica Spa Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) |
Crisalide (F 547) [115] Farfalla (F 548) [116] |
8.12.1947 4.01.1948 |
25.9.1952 10.2.1953 |
1.12.1972 31.12.1971 |
740 | 64,4 | 18,5 | Farfalla fitted to operate the RPV Meteor P1 in the 1960s[117] |
| Gabbiano (Artemide batch) |
 |
CRDA Cantieri San Marco (Trieste) CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
Pomona (F 573) [118] Driade (F 568) [119] Danaide (F 563) [120] Minerva (F 562) [121] Flora (F 572) [122] Sibilla (F 565) [123] Urania (F 570) [124] Chimera (F 569) [125] Sfinge (F 579) [126] Fenice (F 577) [127] |
18.11.1942 7.10.1942 21.10.1942 6.11.1942 1.12.1942 10.03.1943 21.04.1943 30.01.1943 9.01.1943 10.03.1943 |
4.4.1943 14.1.1943 27.2.1943 25.2.1943 25.4.1943 5.6.1943 7.8.1943 26.5.1943 12.5.1943 15.06.1943 |
1.6.1965 1.7.1966 1.1.1968 1.7.1969 1.1.1970 1.02.1973 17.07.1971 1.05.1977 15.06.1977 1.07.1965 |
740 | 64,4 | 18,5 | Sibilla fitted to operate the RPV Meteor P1 in the 1960s[117] |
| Gabbiano (Scimitarra batch) |
 |
Cantiere Navale Ernesto Breda Marghera (Venice) |
Baionetta (F 578) Scimitarra (F 564) [128] Bombarda (F 549) [129] |
5.10.1942 16.09.1942 10.02.1944 |
28.7.1943 10.05.1943 21.4.1951 |
1.10.1971 1.06.1971 1.11.1978 |
740 | 64,4 | 18,5 | |
| Alabarda (Ex-Royal Navy Algerine class) |
.jpg) |
Lobnitz & Company Renfrew  |
Alabarda (F 560) [130][131] |
2.09.1943 | 1950 | 1968 | 1,250 | 68,6 | 16 | ex Royal Navy HMS Larne |
| Antilope (Ex-German M1940 class |
 |
Oderwerke AG Stettin  Schichau Königsberg |
Antilope (F 540) [132] Daino (F 542) [133][134] Gazzella (F 541) [135] |
12.06.1943 19.10.1944 9.09.1944 |
1949 1949 1949 |
1958 1966 1966 |
775 | 62,3 | 16 | ex Kriegsmarine German minesweeper M328;commissioned as B1 ex Kriegsmarine German minesweeper M803;commissioned as B2 in 1960 converted to survey ship (A 5308) ex Kriegsmarine German minesweeper M801;commissioned as B3 converted to training ship in 1960 [136] |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torpedo boats | ||||||||||
| MS 472 (CRDA 60t) [137] |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
MS 471 [138] MS 472 [139] MS 473 MS 474 [140] MS 475 [141] MS 481 MS 482 MS 483 [142] MS 484 [143] |
31.01.1942 3.06.1942 9.06.1942 28.10.1942 15.05.1943 4.11.1942 11.11.1942 21.03.1943 18.03.1943 |
29.4.1942 24.6.1942 16.7.1942 24.3.1943 30.6.1943 23.3.1943 24.3.1943 24.5.1943 11.6.1943 |
1.5.1965 1974 1974 1979 31.12.1962 1979 1.3.1963 1962 1.3.1963 |
1st batch = 63 2nd batch = 68,8 |
28 | 1st batch = 32,5 2nd batch = 31 |
1st batch: ex MS 11 > 1.1.1949 as MV 611 > 1.11.1952 as MS 611 > 1.1.1954 as MS 471 [144] 1st batch: ex MS 24 > 1.1.1949 as MV 612 > 1.11.1952 as MS 612 > 1.1.1954 as MS 472;[145] preserved to Marina di Ravenna 1st batch: ex MS 31 > 1.1.1949 as MV 613 > 1.11.1952 as MS 613 > 1.1.1954 as MS 473;[146] preserved to Museo Storico Navale di Venezia 2nd batch: ex MS 54 > 1.1.1949 as MV 614 > 1.11.1952 as MS 614 > 1.1.1954 as MS 474 [147] 2nd batch: ex MS 74 > 1.1.1949 as MV 619 > 1.11.1952 as MS 619 > 1.1.1954 as MS 475 [148] 2nd batch: ex MS 55 > 1.1.1949 as MV 615 > 1.11.1952 as MS 615 > 1.1.1954 as MS 481 [149] 2nd batch: ex MS 56 > 1.1.1949 as MV 616 > 1.11.1952 as MS 616 > 1.1.1954 as MS 482 [150] 2nd batch: ex MS 72 > 1.1.1949 as MV 617 > 1.11.1952 as MS 617 > 1.1.1954 as MS 483;[151] in 1964 converted to auxiliary vessel (for torpedo recovery) as MEN 204 2nd batch: ex MS 73 > 1.1.1949 as MV 618 > 1.11.1952 as MS 618 > 1.1.1954 as MS 484 [152] | |
| Higgins 78 foot [153] |
 |
Higgins Industries New Orleans Louisiana |
MS 441 [154] MS 442 [155] MS 443 [156] MS 444 [157] MS 451 MS 452 [158] MS 453 [156] |
21.11.1942 23.10.1942 28.10.1942 20.11.1942 16.10.1942 24.10.1942 31.12.1942 |
4.4.1948 4.4.1948 4.4.1948 1950 2.1947 2.1947 2.1947 |
31.10.1985 1.4.1972 31.10.1985 1985 12.3.1966 12.3.1966 1980 |
56 | 23,93 | 41 | ex PT-92;delivered to Italy as GIS 0023, since 1.4.1951 as GIS-841, since 1.11.1952 as MS 841 and since 1.11.1954 as MS 441; in 1962/1963 converted as special forces tender (68 tonnes) ex PT-88; delivered to Italy as GIS 0021, since 1.4.1951 as GIS 842, since 1.11.1952 as MS 842 and since 1.11.1954 as MS 442; 12.3.1966 delivered to Guardia di Finanza as Brigadiere Giannotti;returned in 1969 ex PT-90; delivered to Italy as GIS 0022, since 1.4.1951 as GIS 843, since 1.11.1952 as MS 843 and since 1.11.1954 as MS 443; in 1962/1963 converted as special forces tender (68 tonnes) ex PT-94;delivered to Italy as GIS 0024, since 1.4.1951 as GIS 844, since 1.11.1952 as MS 844 and since 1.11.1954 as MS 444;since 1964 used as training vessel to La Maddalena ex PT-206; delivered to Italy as GIS 0025, since 1.4.1951 GIS 851, since 1.11.1952 as MS 851 and since 1.11.1954 as MS 451; 12.3.1966 delivered to Guardia di Finanza as Tenente Lombardo; returned in 1969 ex PT-210; delivered to Italy as GIS 0026 > MS 852 > MS 452; 12.3.1966 delivered to Guardia di Finanza as Finanziere Feliciani; returned in 1974 ex PT-215; delivered to Italy as GIS 0027, since 1.4.1951 GIS 853, since 1.11.1952 MS 853, since 1.11.1954 as MS 453; converted as special forces tender (68 tonnes) |
| Vosper 70 foot [159] |
Vosper & Company Portsmouth England |
MS 421 MS 422 MS 423 MS 424 [160] MS 431 MS 432 MS 433 [161] MS 434 [162] MS 454 [163] MS 461 [164] MS 462 [165] MS 463 MS 464 |
17.07.1943 9.03.1944 7.08.1944 1.09.1944 13.06.1944 19.05.1944 22.08.1944 28.07.1944 15.10.1943 17.12.1943 14.01.1944 13.04.1944 22.01.1940 |
4.4.1948 4.4.1948 4.4.1948 21.7.1948 4.4.1948 4.4.1948 4.4.1948 4.4.1948 1951 24.3.1948 1.2.1948 1.2.1948 1.2.1948 |
1958 30.9.1960 31.12.1958 30.6.1959 31.10.1961 31.12.1961 31.12.1958 30.6.1959 31.12.1958 30.6.1959 30.4.1960 30.4.1960 30.5.1959 |
53 | 21,7 | 38/40 | ex USS BPT-68 delivered to Italy as GIS-0017 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 821 > 1.11.1952 as MS 841 > 1.1.1954 as MS 421 ex PT-392 delivered to Italy as GIS-0013 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 822 > 1.11.1952 as MS 822 > 1.1.1954 as MS 422 ex PT-397 delivered to Italy as GIS-0008 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 823 > 1.11.1952 as MS 823 > 1.1.1954 as MS 423 ex PT-399 delivered to Italy as GIS-0028 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 824 > 1.11.1952 as MS 824 > 1.1.1954 as MS 424 ex PT-393 delivered to Italy as GIS-0005 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 831 > 1.11.1952 as MS 831 > 1.1.1954 as MS 431 ex PT-394 delivered to Italy as GIS-0006 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 832 > 1.11.1952 as MS 832 > 1.1.1954 as MS 432 ex PT-398 delivered to Italy as GIS-0007 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 833 > 1.11.1952 as MS 833 > 1.1.1954 as MS 433 ex PT-396 delivered to Italy as GIS-0011 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 834 > 1.11.1952 as MS 834 > 1.1.1954 as MS 434 ex PT-386 delivered to Italy as GIS-0012 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 854 > 1.11.1952 as MS 854 > 1.1.1954 as MS 454 ex PT-388 delivered to Italy as GIS-0001 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 811 > 1.11.1952 as MS 811 > 1.1.1954 as MS 461 ex PT-389 delivered to Italy as GIS-0002 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 812 > 1.11.1952 as MS 812 > 1.1.1954 as MS 462 ex PT-391 delivered to Italy as GIS-0003 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 813 > 1.11.1952 as MS 813 > 1.1.1954 as MS 463 ex PT-390 delivered to Italy as GIS-0004 > 1.4.1951 as GIS 814 > 1.11.1952 as MS 814 > 1.1.1954 as MS 464 | |
| Elco 77 foot |
Electric Launch Company Bayonne New Jersey |
GIS 0019 [166] GIS 0020 |
26.08.1941 30.09.1941 |
2.1947 2.1947 |
1948 ? 1948 ? |
40 | 23 | 41 | ex PT-49 delivered to Italian Air Force as MA 1053 in airport-SAR role ex PT-57 delivered to Italian Air Force as MA 1056 in airport-SAR role | |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunboats | ||||||||||
| MC 493 Freccia [167] |
Cantieri del Tirreno Riva Trigoso (Genova) CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
P 493 Freccia [168] P 494 Saetta [169] |
9.01.1965 11.04.1965 |
6.07.1965 25.04.1966 |
15.09.1984 15.05.1986 |
200 | 45,6 | 39 | ex MC 590 > 1.9.1965 as P 493 Freccia Laid down as MC 591;launched as P 494 Saetta; since 1966 embarked Nettuno/Sea Killer AsuW missile system | |
| MC 491 Lampo [170] |
Arsenale Militare Marittimo Taranto |
P 491 Lampo [171] P 492 Baleno [172] |
22.11.1960 10.06.1964 |
27.04.1963 16.07.1965 |
15.04.1985 31.05.1985 |
190 | 41,4 | 39 | ex MC 491 > 1.9.1965 as P 491 Lampo ex MC 492 > 1.9.1965 as P 492 Baleno | |
| P 490 Folgore [173] |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
P 490 Folgore [174][175][176] |
21.01.1954 | 1.08.1955 | 15.10.1976 | 190 | 39,4 | 35 | ex MC 490 > 1.9.1965 P 490 Folgore | |
| Fulmine | _with_four_MTBs_in_the_Adriatic_Sea_c1960.jpg) |
CRDA Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (Gorizia) |
P 499 Fulmine [177][178][179] |
13.11.1955 | 20.09.1956 | 1.05.1970 | 344 | 49,7 | 30 | Ordered as VAS 470 Laid down 21.1.1954 as P 470 Sentinella Launched as P 499 Sentinella Recoded 29.9.1956 as F 598 Sentinella Refitted between 1960/1965, since 1.5.1965 classified Gunboat since 1.9.1965 P 499 Fulmine used for testing first OTO Melara 76/62 mm gun, Compatto type |
| Schnellboot Lűrssen S 38 |
Lürssen Schlichting |
MC 485 [180][181][182] |
23.10.1941 | 2.1952 | 1.4.1966 | 124 | 34,94 | 39 | ex S-67; ex Torus; in 1952 classified MV 621 > 1.11.1952 as MS 621 > 1.1.1954 as MS 485 > 10.9.1954 as MC 485 | |
| Support gunboats | ||||||||||
| LCS(L)(3) (Alano) |
Commercial Iron Works Portland Oregon George Lawley & Son Neponset Massachusetts |
Alano (L 9851) [183] Bracco (L 9852) [184] Mastino (L 9853) [185] Molosso (L9854) [186] Segugio (L 9855) [187] Spinone (L 9856) [188] |
16.09.1944 1.10.1944 23.10.1944 2.11.1944 7.11.1944 6.11.1944 |
25.7.1951 25.7.1951 25.7.1951 25.7.1951 25.7.1951 25.7.1951 |
1.8.1971 31.7.1974 31.7.1974 31.7.1974 31.7.1974 31.7.1974 |
387 | 48,3 | 16,5 | ex USS LCS(L)(3)-34 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-38 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-62 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-63 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-64 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-118 | |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hydrofoil missile boats | ||||||||||
| Sparviero [189] |
 |
Fincantieri Spa Riva Trigoso (Genova) and Muggiano (La Spezia) |
Sparviero (P 420) [190] Nibbio (P 421) [191] Falcone (P 422) [192] Astore (P 423) Grifone (P 424) Gheppio (P 425) [193] Condor (P 426) |
9.5.1973 29.2.1980 27.10.1980 20.7.1981 1.12.1981 24.6.1982 25.1.1983 |
15.7.1974 7.3.1980 7.3.1982 5.2.1983 5.2.1983 20.9.1983 7.4.1984 |
30.9.1991 1.2.1998 1.8.2005 1.8.2005 1.8.2005 1.8.2005 1.8.2005 |
60,6 62,5 |
22,95 | 50 | |
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSO - Oceanic Minesweepers | ||||||||
| Salmone[194] |
Salmone (A 5430) [195][196][197] Storione (M 5431) [198][199] Sgombro (M 5432)[200][201] Squalo (M 5433) [202][203] |
750 | 23.2.1956 23.2.1956 12.3.1957 20.6.1957 |
1990 1.3.1997 3.10.2000 3.10.2000 |
Salmone launched 19.2.1955 as MSO-507 Storione launched 13.11.1954 as MSO-506 Launched 21.6.1956 as MSO-517; by 1991 classified as P-5432 Launched 3.12.1956 as MSO-518; by 1991 classified as P-5433 | |||
| MSC - Coastal Minesweepers | ||||||||
| Adjutant (Mandorlo)[194] |
Mandorlo (M 5519)[204] | 411 | 16.12.1960 | 30.11.1993 | Launched 29.10.1959 as USS MSC-280, built for Italy Initially named "Salice (M 5518)" In 1975 first Italian vessel converted to minehunter | |||
| Adjutant (Legni, Abete batch)[205] |
_c1962.jpg) |
Abete (M 5501) [206] Acacia (M 5502) [207] Betulla (M 5503) [208] Castagno(M5504)[209] Cedro (M 5505) [210] Ciliegio (M 5506) Faggio (M 5507) [211] Frassino (M 5508) [212] Gelso (M 5509) [213] Larice (M 5510) [214] Noce (M 5511) Olmo (M 5512) [215] Ontano (M 5513) [216] Pino (M 5514) [217] Pioppo (M 5515) [218] Platano (M 5516) [219] Quercia (M 5517) [220] |
405 | 1953 1953 6.7.1953 2.2.1954 26.10.1954 4.8.1953 15.9.1953 23.10.1953 29.12.1953 1953 6.5.1954 30.3.1954 1954 13.5.1954 30.6.1954 9.9.1954 4.11.1954 |
1977 1974 1974 10.10.1995 1995 1974 1980 1996 10.10.1995 1988 1983 1983 1980 1980 1999 29.9.1995 1981 |
Abete Launched 13.1.1953 as USS AMS-72, then MSC-72 Acacia Launched as USS AMS-79, then MSC-79 Betulla Launched as USS AMS-73, then MSC-73 Castagno Launched as USS AMS-74, then MSC-74;between 1978 and 1984 converted to minehunter; transferred 20.10.1995 to Greek Navy as Erato (M-60) Cedro Launched as USS AMS-88, then MSC-88;between 1978 and 1984 converted to minehunter Ciliegio Launched as USS AMS-80, then MSC-80 Faggio Launched as USS MSC-81 Frassino Launched as USS AMS-89, then MSC-89;between 1978 and 1984 converted to minehunter Gelso Launched as USS AMS-75, then MSC-75;between 1978 and 1984 converted to minehunter;transferred 20.10.1995 to Greek Navy as Evniki (M61) Larice Launched as USS AMS-82, then MSC-82 Olmo Launched as USS AMS-90, then MSC-90 Noce Launched as USS MSC-133 Ontano Launched as USS AMS-76, then MSC-76 Pino Launched as USS MSC-134 Pioppo Launched 15.8.1953 as USS AMS-135, then MSC-135;in 1973 converted to survey vessel as A 5307 [221] Platano Launched as USS MSC-136;between 1978 and 1984 converted to minehunter Quercia Launched as USS AMS-137, then MSC-137 | ||
| Adjutant (Legni, Agave batch)[222] |
 |
Agave (M 5531)[223] Alloro (M 5532) Edera (M 5533) [224] Gaggia (M 5534) [225] Gelsomino(M5535)[226] Giaggiolo (M 5536) Glicine (M 5537) [227] Loto (M 5538) [228] Mirto (M 5539) [229] Timo (M 5540) Trifoglio (M 5541) [230] Vischio (M 5542) [231] |
405 | 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 1956 1954 1955 1955 1956 |
1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 2000 1990 1990 1990 |
minesweeper build in Italy on Adjutant class plans Alloro in 1983 converted to training vessel A5308 Mirto in 1973 converted to survey vessel as A 5306 [232] | ||
| Adjutant (Legni, Bambù batch)[222] |
Bambù (M 5521) [233] Ebano (M 5522) Mango (M 5523) [234] Mogano (M 5524) [235] Palma (M 5525) [236] Rovere (M 5526) [237] Sandalo (M 5527) [238] |
405 | 8.9.1956 [239] 8.11.1956 [240] 12.1956 [241] 9.1.1957 [242] 1.3.1957 [243] 1.3.1957 [244] 17.4.1957 [245] |
1999 [246] 1989 1996 1998 1999 1975 1988 |
minesweeper build in Italy on Adjutant class plans, under the off-shore procurement plan of the Military Defense Assistance Pact Bambù (USS AMS-214, then MSC-214) converted in 1988 to patrol ship as P 495 Ebano (USS AMS-215, then MSC-215) Mango (USS AMS-216, then MSC-216) converted in 1988 to patrol ship P 496 Mogano (USS AMS-217, then MSC-217) converted in 1988 to patrol ship as P 497 Palma (USS AMS-238, then MSC-238) converted in 1988 to patrol ship as P 498 Rovere, (USS AMS-239, then MSC-239) Sandalo (USS AMS-240, then MSC-240) | |||
| BYMS - Fiori (400) Azalea batch |
Azalea (M 5401) [247] Begonia (M 5402) Dalia (M 5404)[248] Fiordaliso (M 5405) Gardenia (M 5406) Gladiolo (M 5416) Magnolia (M 5408) Orchidea (M 5412) Primula (M 5413) [249] Tulipano (M 5414) [250] Verbena (M 5415) [251] |
290 | 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 |
1967 1.5.1966 1.5.1966 1967 1967 1967 1968 1966 1967 1967 1967 |
Launched as HMS BYMS 2142 (first encoding in Italy as DR 401) Launched as HMS BYMS 2073 (first encoding in Italy as DR 402); in service between 1.5.1966 and 1983 to Guardia di Finanza, named Maresciallo Aldo Oltramonti as training vessel Launched as HMS BYMS 2141 (first encoding in Italy as DR 403); in service between 1.5.1966 and 1983 to Guardia di Finanza, named Avallone as training vessel Launched as HMS BYMS 2277 (first encoding in Italy as DR 411) Launched as HMS BYMS 2150 (first encoding in Italy as DR 404) Launched as HMS BYMS 2042 (first encoding in Italy as DR 417) Launched as HMS BYMS 2206 (first encoding in Italy as DR 405) Launched as HMS BYMS 2037 (first encoding in Italy as DR 406) Launched as HMS BYMS 2278 (first encoding in Italy as DR 407) Launched as HMS BYMS 2194 (first encoding in Italy as DR 416) Launched as HMS BYMS 2280 (first encoding in Italy as DR 408) | |||
| BYMS - Fiori (400) Anemone batch |
Anemone (M 5400) [252] Biancospino (M 5403) Geranio (M 5407) Mughetto (M 5409) Narciso (M 5410) [253] Oleandro (M 5411) |
290 | 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 1947 |
1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 |
Launched as HMS BYMS 2009 (first encoding in Italy as DR 409) Launched as HMS BYMS 2012 (first encoding in Italy as DR 410) Launched as HMS BYMS 2014 (first encoding in Italy as DR 412) Launched as HMS BYMS 2023 (first encoding in Italy as DR 413) Launched as HMS BYMS 2024 (first encoding in Italy as DR 414) Launched as HMS BYMS 2027 (first encoding in Italy as DR 415) | |||
| Rosolino Pilo-class torpedo boat |
Giuseppe Cesare Abba (M 5330)[254] Antonio Mosto (M 5353)[255] Rosolino Pilo[256][257] |
645 | 1915 1915 25.5.1915 |
1.9.1958 15.12.1958 1.10.1954 |
Converted to minesweeper in 1953 as M 5330 Converted to minesweeper in 1952 as M 5353 Converted to minesweeper in 1952 | |||
| La Masa-class torpedo boat |
Giacinto Carini (M 5331)[258] Nicola Fabrizi (M 5333)[259] |
645 | 30.11.1917 12.7.1918 |
31.12.1958 1.2.1957 |
Converted to minesweeper in 1953 as M 5331; since 1958 until 1963 recoded GM517 as static training vessel Converted to minesweeper in 1953 as M 5333 | |||
| MSI - Inshore Minesweeper)s | ||||||||
| MSI-58 - Aragosta[260][194] |
_01.JPG) |
Aragosta (M 5440) Arsella (M 5451) [261] Astice (M 5452) Attinia (M 5453) [262] Calamaro(M5454)[263] Conchiglia(M5455)[264] Dromia (M 5456) [265] Gambero (M 5457) Granchio (M 5448) [266] Mitilo (M 5449) Ostrica (M 5460) [267] Paguro (M 5461) [268] Pinna (M 5462) Polipo (M 5463) Porpora (M 5464) [269] Riccio (M 5465) [270] Scampo (M 5466) Seppia (M 5467) [271] Tellina (M 5468) [272] Totano (M 5469) |
177 | 20.5.1957 20.5.1957 19.6.1957 20.6.1957 10.7.1957 10.7.1957 10.7.1957 11.7.1957 11.7.1957 11.7.1957 8.7.1957 8.7.1957 10.7.1957 10.7.1957 10.7.1957 11.7.1957 1.8.1957 6.7.1957 8.7.1957 8.7.1957 |
17.7.2002 1.8.1973 5.12.2019 7.5.1974 1.5.1975 1.5.1974 1.4.1974 30.4.1982 30.11.1981 in service 1.3.1974 1.5.1974 30.4.1982 1.7.2002 5.12.2019 30.9.1981 5.12.2019 8.9.1973 1.5.1974 1.5.1974 |
Aragosta class was built in Italy on Ham-class minesweepers plans, under the off-shore procurement plan of the Military Defense Assistance Pact Aragosta (USS MSI-58) since 1.2.1985 refitted as training vessel and recoded A 5378; on 17.7.2002 transferred to (Tunisian Navy – El Jem class) Arsella launched 22.8.1956 (USS MSI-59) Astice (USS MSI-60) since 1.2.1985 refitted as training vessel and recoded A 5379 Attinia (USS MSI-61) Calamaro (USS MSI-62) Conchiglia (USS MSI-63) Dromia (USS MSI-64) Gambero (USS MSI-65) Granchio (USS MSI-66) Mitilo (USS MSI-67) since 1.2.1985 refitted as training vessel and recoded A 5380 (in service) Ostrica (USS MSI-68) Paguro (USS MSI-69) Pinna (USS MSI-70) Polipo (USS MSI-71) since 1.2.1985 refitted as training vessel and recoded A 5381; on 17.7.2002 transferred to (Tunisian Navy – El Jem class) Porpora (USS MSI-72) since 1.2.1985 refitted as training vessel and recoded A 5382 Riccio (USS MSI-73); reclassified GLS-502 Scampo (USS MSI-74) was refitted as local personnel vessel coded MEN 205 and then 211 until 1979; between 1980/1983 refitted as Murena experimental ship (A 5305); since 2002 used as training vessel Seppia (USS MSI-55) Tellina (USS MSI-56) Totano (USS MSI-57) | ||
| Baglietto 68 t 1^ serie / VAS 201 [273][274] |
VAS 491 VAS 492 VAS 493 VAS 494 VAS 495 VAS 496 VAS 497 |
1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1943 1943 |
1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 |
Launched as VAS 204 Launched as VAS 211 Launched as VAS 218 Launched as VAS 224 Launched as VAS 223 Launched as VAS 237 Launched as VAS 241 > 1944 as RA 266 > 1949 as VAS 726 > 1954 as VAS 497 | ||||
| Vedetta |
Vedetta [275] | 70 | 1937 | 1951 | ||||
| DV - Minesweeper patrol | ||||||||
| DV 102 |
DV 102 DV 103 [276] DV 104 [277] DV 105 [278] DV 113 [279] DV 131 [280] DV 132 [281] DV 133 [282] DV 134 [283] DV 148 [284] DV 149 [285] |
110 | 27.6.1958 1.7.1958 30.6.1959 30.9.1954 1.9.1965 30.1.1959 30.9.1959 1959 30.9.1959 1.7.1958 1.9.1965 |
|||||
| DR - Minesweeper Tugs | ||||||||
| Dance (DR 300) [286] |
 |
DR 312 DR 316 DR 307 DR 308 |
760 | 1946 16.3.1946 2.1946 2.1946 |
1965 1965 1965 1965 |
Launched 6.5.1940 as Gavotte T115 (delivered to Italy as RD 312) Launched 21.5.1940 as Hornpipe T120 (delivered to Italy as RD 316) Launched 1.3.1941 as Minuet T131 (delivered to Italy as RD 307) Launched 27.1.1941 as Tarantella T142 (delivered to Italy as RD 308) | ||
| Shakespearian (DR 300) [286] |
 |
DR 310 (M 5310) [287] | 740 | 3.1946 | 1965 | Launched 7.10.941 as Othello TT76 (delivered to Italy as RD 310) then coded M 5310 | ||
| Isles (DR 300) [286] |
 |
DR 301 DR 302 DR 304 DR315 DR 313 DR305 DR 303 DR 306 DR 314 DR 311 DR 309 |
735 | 22.1.1946 22.1.1946 1.1946 3.1946 2.1946 19461.1946 22.2.1946 5.3.1942 16.2.1946 2.1946 16.3.1946 |
1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 |
Launched 12.4.941 as Burra T158 (delivered to Italy as RD 301) then coded M 5301 Launched 30.12.1940 as Cumbrae T154 (delivered to Italy as RD 302) then coded M 5302 Launched 15.6.1942 as Staffa T159 (delivered to Italy as RD 304) Launched 19.11.1941 as Stroma T150 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 9.8.1941 as Foula T203 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 2.4.1942 as Filla T212 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 28.5.1942 as Unst T213 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 7.2.1942 as Egilsay T215 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 5.3.1942 as Ensay T216 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 1.6.1942 as Mousa T295 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) Launched 17.8.1943 as Grain T360 (delivered to Italy as RD 315) | ||
| RD 16 |
RD 20 [288][289] | 196 | 9.1945 | 30.6.1956 | Launched 1917 as tug | |||
| RD 31 |
RD 32 [290] RD 34 [291] |
207 | 30.6.1956 30.6.1956 |
Launched 1919 as tug | ||||
| RD 38 |
RD 38 | 201 | 10.1945 | 11.1.1955 | Launched 1921 as tug | |||
| RD 39 |
RD 40 [292] RD 41 [293][294] |
203 | 15.4.1955 1.1.1953 |
Launched 1920 as tug Launched 1920 as tug | ||||
| Admiralty Tipe I / M.M.S. (200) [295] |
 |
DR 201 DR 202 DR 203 DR 204 DR 205 DR 206 DR 207 DR 208 DR 209 DR ? DR 210 DR 211 DR 216 ? DR 212 DR 213 DR 214 DR 215 |
295 | 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 |
1950 1950 1949 1949 1950 1949 1950 1950 1950 1950 1951 1951 1951 1949 1950 1950 1950 |
Launched 31.10.1940 as MMS.10, J.510 (delivered to Italy as RD 201; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 1941 as MMS.32, J.532 (delivered to Italy as RD 202; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 1941 as MMS.34, J.534 (delivered to Italy as RD 203; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 12.4.1941 as MMS35, J.535 (delivered to Italy as RD 204; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 9.8.1941 as MMS.48, J.548 (delivered to Italy as RD 205; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 12.4.1941 as MMS.50, J.550 (delivered to Italy as RD 206; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 21.10.1941 as MMS.99, J.599 (delivered to Italy as RD 207; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 4.11.1941 as MMS.100, J.600 (delivered to Italy as RD 208; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 25.10.1941 as MMS.102, J.602 (delivered to Italy as RD 209; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 4.5.1942 as MMS.103, J.603(then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 5.8.1941 as MMS.104, J.604 (delivered to Italy as RD 210; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 30.9.1941 as MMS.105, J.605 (delivered to Italy as RD 211; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 30.9.1941 as MMS.106, J.606 Launched 22.10.1941 as MMS.135, J.635 (delivered to Italy as RD 212; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 7.1.1942 as MMS.167, J.667 (delivered to Italy as RD 213; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 20.1.1942 as MMS.172, J.672 (delivered to Italy as RD 214; then returned to Royal Navy) Launched 2.5.1942 as MMS.185, J.685 (delivered to Italy as RD 215; then returned to Royal Navy) | ||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tank Landing Ships | ||||||||||
| De Soto County (Grado) |
 |
Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News Virginia |
Grado (L 9890) [297][298] Caorle (L 9891) [299][300] |
28.02.1957 5.03.1957 |
17.07.1972 17.07.1972 |
16.01.1988 1988 |
7,823 | 136 | 17,5 | ex USS De Soto County (LST-1171) ex USS York County (LST-1175) |
| Quarto | Arsenale Militare Marittimo (Taranto) |
Quarto (A 5302) [301] |
18.06.1967 | 1991 | 980 | 69 | 13 | Fitted as landing transport ship with 2 LCM onboard Initially coded A 5302 Since 1.01.1975 converted to experimental role as A 5314 | ||
| Kenneth Whiting | _at_anchor,_circa_in_mid-1944.jpg) |
Tacoma Seattle |
Andrea Bafile (L 9871) [302][303] |
14.02.1944 | 11.12.1968 | 31.05.1988 | 13,910 | 196 | 19 | ex USS St. George (AV-16) For a short time coded as support ship (A 5314) then modified as L 9871 Since retire, in 1981, was used as barracks ship to Arsenale Militare Marittimo Taranto Naval Base |
| Andromeda Type C2-S-B1 |
_underway_at_Hampton_Roads,_Virginia_(USA),_11_August_1952_(USN_483292).jpg) |
Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland California |
Etna (L 9870) [303] |
22.06.1944 | 2.1962 | 1981 | 12,610 | 139,95 | 16,5 | ex USS Whitley (AKA-91) For a short time coded as support ship A 5328 then modified as L 9871 22 LCM / LCVP on board for about 300 marines embarked |
| LST-1 |  |
Dravo Corporation Pittsburgh Pennsylvania |
Anteo (L 9869) [304] |
22.05.1943 | 20.11.1962 | 1.8.1973 | 4,145 | 100 | 12 | ex-USS Alameda County (LST-32) Then AVB-1 In Italy initially coded as support ship A 5306 then modified as L 9869 |
| Transport ships | ||||||||||
| Vesuvio | Cantiere Navale OTO (La Spezia) |
Stromboli (A 5329) [305][306] Vesuvio (A 5330) [307][304] |
1940 4.12.1949 |
1953 1955 |
1972 1.7.1972 |
4,325 | 108,8 | ex civilian ship buy in 1948 and refitted for landing transport ship with 4 LCM onboard ex civilian ship buy in 1948 and refitted for landing transport ship, with 4 LCM onboard | ||
| Special forces tenders | ||||||||||
| Barnegat (Cavezzale) |
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Lake Washington Shipyard Houghton Washington |
Pietro Cavezzale (A 5301) [308][309] |
17.09.1942 | 23.10.1957 | 31.3.1994 | 2,800 | 94,7 | 18,2 | Launched as AVP-28 than USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) |
| Gabbiano, serie Ape | Navalmeccanica Spa Castellammare di Stabia (Napoli) |
Ape (A 5328) [310] |
22.11.1942 | 15.05.1943 | 1981 | 740 | 64,4 | 18 | Until 1964 in service as F 567 Between 1964 and 1965 refitted as COMSUBIN Support Ship and coded A 5328 | |
| Ciclope | Cantieri Pattison Napoli |
Ercole (A 5302) [311] |
15.07.1902 | 1903 | 1964 | 1,070 | 13,5 | Launched as rescue tug Ciclope 1949 named Ercole Between 1949/1951 converted in special forces tender by Navalmeccanica Spa Castellammare di Stabia | ||
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hovercraft | ||||||||
| Saunders Roe SRN6 |
 |
HC9801 [312] | 10,9 | 5.11.1968 | 30.4.1982 | |||
| LCM - Landing Craft Mechanized / Moto Trasporto Mezzi | ||||||||
| LCM(3) - MTM |
 |
MTM 9901 MTM 9902 MTM 9903 MTM 9904 MTM 9905 MTM 9906 MTM 9907 MTM 9908 MTM 9909 MTM 9910 MTM 9911 MTM 9912 MTM 9913 MTM 9914 [313] MTM 9915 MTM 9916 MTM 9917 MTM 9918 MTM 9919 MTM 9920 |
52 | 1952/1953 | / / / / / 13.7.1974 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / |
Launched between 194?/1944 | ||
| LCM(6) - MTM |
MTM 9921 MTM 9922 MTM 9923 MTM 9924 MTM 9925 MTM 9926 MTM 9927 MTM 9928 MTM 9929 |
56 | 1952/1953 | 13.7.1974 [314] / / / / 13.7.1974 / / / |
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| LCM(6) - MTM |
MTM 542 MTM 543 MTM 544 MTM 545 MTM 546 MTM 547 MTM 548 MTM 549 MTM 550 MTM 551 MTM 552 MTM 553 MTM 554 MTM 555 MTM 556 |
56 | ||||||
| LCVP - Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel / Moto Trasporto Personale | ||||||||
| LCVP - MTP |
MTP 9701 MTP 9702 MTP 9703 MTP 9704 MTP 9705 MTP 9706 [315] MTP 9707 MTP 9708 MTP 9709 MTP 9710 MTP 9711 MTP 9712 MTP 9713 MTP 9714 MTP 9715 MTP 9716 MTP 9717 MTP 9718 MTP 9719 MTP 9720 MTP 9721 MTP 9722 MTP 9723 MTP 9724 MTP 9725 |
8 | 1952/1953 | 6.7.1974 6.7.1974 / 6.7.1974 6.7.1974 6.7.1974 / / 6.7.1974 / / 6.7.1974 / / / / 6.7.1974 6.7.1974 / / 6.7.1974 6.7.1974 / / / |
Launched between 1943/1952 | |||
| LCVP - MTP |
 |
MTP 9726 MTP 9727 MTP 9728 MTP 9729 MTP 9730 MTP 9731 MTP 9732 MTP 9733 MTP 9734 MTP 9735 MTP 9736 MTP 9737 MTP 9738 MTP 9739 MTP 9740 MTP 9741 MTP 9742 MTP 9743 MTP 9744 MTP 9745 MTP 9746 MTP 9747 MTM 9748 MTM 9749 MTM 9750 MTM 9751 MTM 9752 MTM 9753 MTM 9754 |
8 | / / / / / 6.7.1974 [314]/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / |
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| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Replenishment oilers | ||||||||
| T2-SE-A1 tanker |
 |
Sterope (A 5368) [316][317] | 21,800 | 1959 | 1975 | Launched in 1944 as USS Forbes Road Since 1947 to 1953 as Cleveland (Cleveland Petroleum Co, London) Since 1953 to 1959 as Enrico Incom (armatore Enrico Insom, Roma) In 1959 to Italian Navy as Sterope (A 5368) | ||
| Oilers | ||||||||
|
Brennero [318] | 10,500 | 1948 | 1954 | Launched 1921 for Italian Royal Navy Since 1926 to Società Nazionale Olii Minerali – Milano Since 1929 to Garibaldi – Genova (Ge 1588) 30.3.1941 Confiscated in New York from U.S.A. government 1941 as Gold Heels (Panama) | |||
|
Nettuno [319] | 10,310 | 1917 | 1954 | ||||
|
Urano [320][321] | 11,200 | 1923 | 1.8.1954 | Launched 7.5.1923 by Deutsche Werke Kiel for Germany Navy | |||
|
Prometeo [322][323] | 1,200 | 1920 | 1958 | Launched 1919 in Trieste as Ostia After radiation converted to inshore oiler as G.R.G. 522 | |||
| Pagano |
Stige [324][325] | 1,470 | 1925 | 1950 | ||||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boom defence vessels | ||||||||||
| Alicudi [326] | Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Livorno |
Alicudi (A 5304) [327] Filicudi (A 5305) [328] |
11.7.1954 26.9.1954 |
1955 1955 |
30.4.1991 1.11.1977 |
832 | 46,3 | 13 | Financed by MDAP program as USS AN-99 | |
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water tanker vessels | ||||||||
| Piave |
Piave (A 5334) [329] | 5,003 | 23.5.1973 | 2009 ? | Launched 18.12.1971 Used as static training ship to COMSUBIN base, Varignano (La Spezia) [330] | |||
| Simeto CINET Molfetta |
Simeto (A 5375) [331] | 1,914 | 9.7.1988 | 2002 | Launched 4.4.1988 as hull 3-86 Delivered 10.7.2003 to Tunisian Navy as Ain Zaghouan | |||
| Brenta [332] |
Basento (A 5356) [333] Bradano (A 5357) [334] Brenta (A 5358) [335] |
1,985 | 19.7.1971 29.12.1971 18.4.1972 |
1.10.2004 1.12.2001 1.2.2002 |
Launched 2.2.1970; delivered 23.9.2009 to Ecuadorian Navy as BAE Atahualpa TR-63 Launched 3.9.1971 Launched 11.5.1971 | |||
| US Army Design #294 - Isonzo |
Isonzo (A 5372) [336] Ticino (A 5377) |
1,658 | 1948 1948 |
31.5.1974 1984 |
Launched 6.1944 as US Army Y-77 Launched 6.1944 as US Army Y79 | |||
| USS YW-83 - Adige |
Adige (A 5369) [337] Flegetonte (A 5371) [338] Tanaro (A 5376) |
1,517 | 1948 1948 1948 |
1989 8.1.1974 1986 |
Launched 1944 as USS YW-92 Launched 1944 as USS YW-95 Launched as USS YW-99 | |||
| Bormida |
Mincio (A 5374) | 670 | 1930 | 1993 | ||||
| Velino |
Simeto | 171 | 1905 | 1984 | ||||
|
Stura | 125 | 1942 | 1982 | Launched 1917 as mercantile ship | |||
| Po [339] |
Po (A 5365) [340] Volturno (A 5366) [341] |
3,820 | 1937 1937 |
1974 1976 |
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|
Arno (A 5370) [342] | 657 | 1929 | 1974 | ||||
 |
Frigido [343][344] | 405 | 31.1.1917 | 1975 | Launched 1916 in Japan (Shirato Zozemsho docks - Osaka) as Takin Maru Delivered to Italian Royal Navy as minesweeper G.5 Since 21.7.1919 converted in water tanker vessel as Frigido | |||
| Sebeto [345] |
Metauro (A 5373) [346] | 602 | 1934 | 1974 | ||||
|
Sprugola | 318 | 1917 | 1974 | launched as mercantile ship | |||
|
Sesia (A 5375) | 1,460 | 1934 | 1972 | ||||
| Dalmazia [347] |
Dalmazia (A 5367) [348] | 3,137 | 1923 | 1971 | ||||
| Ticino |
Tronto | 120 | 1890 | 1968 | ||||
|
Velino (A 5397) | 1,340 | 1930 | 1958 | ||||
| Avisio |
Idria Leno Timavo Vipacco |
280 | 1926 1925 1926 1925 |
1954 1974 1980 1961 |
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| Adda [349][350] |
Ofanto [350] Oristano |
280 | 1914 1914 |
1982 1954 |
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| Pagano |
Pagano | 1,454 | 1922 | 1951 | ||||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ship | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport ships | ||||||||||
| Cherso | A.K.T. Ges Neptun Rostok |
Cherso [351] |
1912 | 1923 | 30.6.1951 | 4,427 | 91,6 | Launched for Austro-Hungarian Navy as Amalfi Delivered to Royal Italian Navy by war reparation | ||
| Cantiere Navale Ansaldo Sestri Ponente (Genova) |
Monte Grappa (A 5328) [352][353] |
1942 | 10.3.1943 | 1958 | 840 | 67,97 | 14,5 | Ordered by Kriegsmarine as KT10 for Royal Italian Navy | ||
| Personnel Transport ships | ||||||||||
| Cantiere Navale Tosi Taranto |
Tarantola [354][355] |
10.10.1942 | 1942 | 1993 | 512 | 28,31 | 10,5 | Launched as Ammunition transport After WWII converted for personnel transport (1,470 inside, 291 outside) to Taranto Naval Base | ||
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Transport vessels | ||||||||
| MTC Batch 1 (MZ Typ A / MFP-A) |
MTC 1001 (A 5341) [356][357] MTC 1002 (A 5342) MTC 1003 (A 5343) [358] MTC 1004 (A 5344) MTC 1005 (A 5345) MTC 1006 (A 5346) [359] |
239 | 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 |
1.3.1995 1.3.1963 31.3.1984 30.4.1988 1987 1992 |
Launched 23.6.1942 as MZ 722 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1001 Launched 27.6.1942 as MZ 726 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1002 Launched 2.7.1942 as MZ 728 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1003 Launched 2.7.1942 as MZ 729 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1004 Launched 1942 as MZ 737 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1005 Preserved to Museo Storico Navale di Venezia Launched 1942 as MZ 758 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1006 | |||
| MTC Batch 2 (MZ Typ B) |
MTC 1007 (A 5347) [360] MTC 1008 (A 5348) [361] MTC 1009 (A 5349) [362] |
278,5 | 1943 1943 1943 |
31.7.1981 1.12.1979 1984 |
Launched between 9.1942/3.1943 as MZ 776 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1007 Launched 9.1942/3.1943 as MZ 784 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1008 Launched between 9.1942/3.1943 as MZ 800 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1009 | |||
| MTC Batch 3 (MFP-D) |
MTC 1010 (A 5350) [363] | 239 | 1946 | 1.8.1968 | Launched 21.5.1942 as F 831 Germany Navy > 1946 as MZ 831 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1010 | |||
| MTC (MFP-DM) |
MTC 1101 (A 5351) [364] | 440 | 1945 | 1.8.1968 | Launched 5.4.1943 for Germany Navy as F 1046 > AF 1046 > Since 1945 to Italian Navy as MZ 1046 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1101 | |||
MTC (MFP-C) |
MTC 1102 (A 5352) MTC 1103 (A 5353) [365] MTC 1104 (A 5354) [366] |
220 | 1946 1946 1946 |
'60 1.10.1970 1.7.1968 |
Launched 9.8.1941 for Germany Navy as F 435 > 1946 to Italian Navy as GLS 435 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1102 Launched 9.8.1941 for Germany Navy as F 436 > 1946 to Italian Navy as GLS 436 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1103 Launched 9.8.1941 for Germany Navy as F 437 > 1946 to Italian Navy as GLS 437 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1104 | |||
| MTC (MFP-DM) |
MTC 1105 (A 5355) MTC 1109 (A 5359) |
256 | 1945 1946 |
'60 1.5.1950 |
Launched 5.4.1943 for Germany Navy as F 1045 > 1945 to Italian Navy as MZ 1045 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1105 Launched 5.4.1943 for Germany Navy as F 943 > 1946 to Italian Navy as MZ 943 > 1.5.1950 reserved code MTC 1109 | |||
| MTC (MFP-D) |
MTC 1106 (A 5356) MTC 1108 (A 5358) |
239 | 1945 1945 |
1.5.1950 1.5.1950 |
Launched 10.6.1943 for Germany Navy as F 1191 > 1945 to Italian Navy as MZ 1191 > 1.5.1950 reserved code MTC 1106 Launched 10.6.1943 for Germany Navy as F 1155 > 1945 to Italian Navy as MZ 1155 > 1.5.1950 reserved code MTC 1108 | |||
| MTC (MFP-A) |
MTC 1107 (A 5357) | 220 | 1946 | Launched 28.6.1941 for Germany Navy as F 360 > 1945 to Italian Navy as MZ 360 > 1.5.1950 as MTC 1107 | ||||
| Class | Picture | Ships | Shipyard Origin |
Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submarine Rescue Ships | ||||||||||
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Cantieri Navali Riuniti Ancona |
Proteo (A 5310) [367][368] |
1943 | 24.8.1951 | 31.5.2004 | 2,178 | 75,94 | 16 | ex Perseo Captured 1944 by Germany Navy New launched 2.6.1951 by Cantieri Navali Riuniti Ancona as Proteo Delivered 31.5.2004 to Bulgarian Navy as 224(Протео) | |
| Rescue Ships | ||||||||||
| Cantiere Navale Picchiotti Viareggio |
Raffaele Paolucci [369][370] |
1970 | 12.09.1970 | 09.01.2001 | 70 | 30 | 32 | officially used as ambulance vessel and Italian Republic President's yacht but rumors reports it was, really, a spy vessel 6.2006 sold to private owner | ||
|
Marechiaro [371] |
1929 | 7.5.1936 | 1.2.1957 | 127 | ex Ercole Launched as Città di Sorrento owned by Riunite Società Sorrentine di Navigazione – Sorrento | ||||
| Smulders Schiedam shipyards Netherlands |
Anteo [372] |
20.12.1912 | 28.3.1914 | 19.5.1954 | 1,362 | |||||
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Retired | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littoral factory vessels | ||||||||
| LCT(2) - MOC 1201 |
MOC 1201 (A 5331) [373] MOC 1206 (A 5336) MOC 1207 (A 5337) MOC 1208 (A 5338) |
453 | 4.5.1945 1.10.1952 1951 1951 |
31.10.2008 [374] 1955 1989 1984 |
MOC 1201 Launched 17.11.1941 as HMS LCT(2)-167 > LCT® 167 > 1945 as NSC(L)34 > delivered to Italian Navy 4.5.1945 as MZ-34 > 1.5.1950 as MOC 1201 for torpedo support MOC 1206 Launched 4.10.1941 as HMS LCT(2)-140 > LCT® 140 > 1945 as NSC(L)77 > 8.1946 as Parma - Lloyd Mediterraneo, Roma > Sell 1.12.1950 to Italian Navy > Commissioned 1.10.1952 as MOC 1206 20.12.1955 stranded in Red Sea... Preserved to Haifa Museum as INS Af Al Pi Chen MOC 1207 Launched 3.1.1942 as HMS LCT(2)-170 [375] > HMS NSC(L)-50 MOC 1208 Launched 17.1.1942 as HMS LCT(2)-171 > LCT® 171 >HMS NSC(L)-51 | |||
| LCT(3) - MOC 1202 |
MOC 1202 (A 5332) MOC 1203 (A 5333) [376] MOC 1204 (A 5334) [377] MOC 1205 (A 5335) [378] MOC 1209 (A 5339) |
712 | 1.9.1951 1.12.1950 4.10.1951 3.12.1951 1951 |
1.4.1999 1998 2008 1998 1956 |
MOC 1202 Launched 3.1.1942 as HMS LCT(3)-330; then Città di Civitavecchia; 1948 delivered to Italian Navy as GLS 438 > Sell 1.5.1950 to Italian Navy as MOC 1202 > 1.9.1951 delivery and used for minesweeper support MOC 1203 Launched 28.4.1942 as HMS LCT(3)-420 > 2.1948 as Sandalia - Lloyd Mediterraneo, Roma > Sell 1.12.1950 to Italian Navy as MOC 1203 Delivered 18.6.2002 to Albanian Navy as A223 [379][380] MOC 1204 Launched 25.7.1942 as HMS LCT(3)-347; then Fiumicino MOC 1205 Launched 1942 HMS LCT(3)-307; then Cagliari > Sell 1.12.1950 to Italian Navy MOC 1209 Launched as HMS LCT(3)-, then La Fionda | |||
| Factory vessels | ||||||||
| Antonio Pacinotti |
Antonio Pacinotti [381] | 3,113 | 1924 | 12.1952 | Launched 20.4.1922 as Città di Sassari converted in 1925 to submergible support ship for Italian Royal Navy, Antonio Pacinotti 1949 converted to factory and support vessel | |||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headlights service ships | ||||||||||
| Norderwerft - Hamburg |
Rampino (A 5309)[382] | 1921 | 1942 | 1.10.1976 | 645 | 47.3 | 7 | Launched by Reinhold Holtz shipyards as Johanne Klattes for Nicolaus Ebeling - Hamburg, company Sell 1937 to Lucio Ercole – Italy, company as Spigola Sell 1942 to Italian Royal Navy and converted to cable laying vessel, since 19.4.1943 as Rampino Since 1953 converted to Headlights service ship as Rampino (A 5309) | ||
| LCT(3) - MTF 1301 | Sir William Arrol - Meadowside, Scotland (U.K.) |
MTF 1301 (A 5361) MTF 1302 (A 5362) [383] MTF 1303 (A 5363) [384] |
1942 6.7.1942 1942 |
7.10.1946 7.10.1946 7.10.1946 |
'90 '90 '90 |
HMS LCT(3)-? > 1946 MZ.832 > GLS 432 > 1950 as MTF 1301 HMS LCT(3)-396 > 7.8.1946 as MZ.833 > 1.9.1947 as GLS 433 > 1.5.1950 as MTF 1302 HMS LCT(3)-421 > 1946 MZ.834 > GLS 434 > 1950 as MTF 1303 | ||||
| Panigaglia | Cantiere San Giorgio La Spezia |
Buffoluto (A 5327)[385][386] | 16.4.1924 | 15.12.1924 | 24.1.1973 | 1,071 | 56,2 | 12 | Launched as ammunition transport vessel and minelayer Since 7.6.1948 converted to headlights service vessel | |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey vessels | ||||||||||
| Action | Morton Engine and Dry Dock Company Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec |
Staffetta (A 5307) [387] | 4.12.1942 | 1949 | 1970 | 1,378 | 63 | 17 | Launched as USS Prudent (PG-96) Delivered 22.9.1947 to Cameli, Italian merchant company, as Elbano In 1949 buys from Italian Navy and converted, between 1949/1951, as survey vessel: renamed Staffetta | |
| Ostia[388] |  |
CNT Cantiere Navale Triestino – Trieste |
Azio[389][390] | 4.5.1927 | 1928 | 1.1.1957 | 1,040 | 62,5 | 15 | Launched as minelayer |
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research vessels | ||||||||||
| Cantiere Navalmeccanico Senigallia (Ancona) |
Barbara (A 5315) | 1970 | 1975 | 1988 | 195 | 30,5 | 12 | Used in Salto di Quirra polygon as launch and recovery vessel for RPV Meteor CT 20 type XXI Since 1985 converted to coastal patrol boat P492 Barbara Since 1988 delivered to Italian Coast Guard as CP 452 | ||
| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailing vessels | ||||||||||
| Viareggio (Livorno) yards |
Ebe [391] |
1921 | 1952 | 1959 | 360 | 51,5 | 14 | ex Gabbiano schooner for Lloyd Royal Belge Ltd. di Renfrew Sell in 1926 to Società Calcare, Calce & Industrie Affini – Napoli Sell in 1930 to A. Finocchiaro di Genova and renamed San Giorgio Sell to Italian Navy in 1952 Preserved to Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" - Milano | ||
| Class | Picture | Ships | Displacement Tonnes |
Commissioned | Decommissioned | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceanic tugboats | ||||||||
| Atlante [392] |
Atlante (A 5317) [393] Prometeo (A 5318) [394] |
750 | 1974/1976 | 201? | Commissioned by Visintini - Donada docks | |||
| V3-S-AH2 Ciclope |
Ciclope (A 5319) [395] Titano (A 5325) [396] Nereo |
1,220 | 1947 1947 1949 |
1983 7.1974 9.1956 |
Delivered 5.1944 as USS MC-1417 Durable > HMS ODT Ataran > 1947 to Italian Navy > 1.1948 as Ciclope Delivered 4.1944 as USS MC-1415 Power > HMS ODT Atengo > 6.1947 to Italian Navy as Titano Delivered 7.1944 as USS MC-1419 Helper > HMS ODT Atoyac > 10.1949 to Italian Navy as Nereo | |||
| US Army Design #293 Atleta |
Atleta Tenace (A 5324) [397] Forte (A 5321) [398] Colosso (A 5320) [399] |
602 | 1946 1946 1946 1946 |
1977 1974 ? '80 |
Launched 9.1943/4.1944 as US Army LT-152 Launched 9.1943/4.1944 as US Army LT-154 Launched 9.1943/4.1944 as US Army LT-159 Launched 12.1943/4.1944 as US Army LT-214 | |||
| Vigoroso |
Gagliardo (A 5322) [400] Robusto (A 5323) [401] |
506 | 1940 1940 |
1988 1988 |
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| Chirone |
San Giusto [402] | 486 | 1942 | 1987 | Launched as Chirone for Royal Italian Navy > 1945 to Trieste used by Governo Militare Alleato (Gestione U.GE.NA.) > 1948 named San Giusto > 1956 recommissioned to Italian Navy | |||
Porto Empedocle |
Porto Empedocle [403] | 482 | 10.1.1922 | 31.7.1971 | Launched 1914 as Dolphin for Austro-Hungarian Navy | |||
| Atlante |
Atlante (A 5317) [404] | 355 | 1926 | 1968 | Since 1.5.1953 as A 5317 | |||
| Littoral tugboats | ||||||||
| Ischia class [392] |
Porto d'Ischia Y 436 [405] Riva Trigoso Y 443 [406] |
297 | 1969 | 200? | Commissioned by CNR docks | |||
| Tugboats | ||||||||
| Piombino |
Piombino | 222 | 1916 | 1978 | Launched 1915 as President Piroy in Netherlands | |||
| Sant'Antioco |
Sant'Antioco | 192 | 1937 | 1975 | ||||
| Volosca |
Volosca | 98 | 1921 | 1974 | Launched 1897 as Pluto for Austro-Hungarian Navy (T99) | |||
| Circeo |
Circeo | 154 | 1924 | '70 | Launched 1918 as T 163 for Austro-Hungarian Navy | |||
| Sant'Antonio |
Sant'Antonio | 225 | 1957 | 1974 | ||||
| San Pietro |
San Pietro San Vito |
108 | 1926 1926 |
1971 1971 |
Launched 1914 as mercantile Lowcen Launched 1914 as mercantile Zeta | |||
| Lipari |
Lipari | 318 | 1921 | 1971 | Launched 1917 as Dannsfeld for Germany Navy | |||
| Capo Rizzuto |
Capo Rizzuto (Y 473) | 70 | 1958 | 1988 | ||||
| US Army Ocean Tugs Design#327-A Ausonia |
Ausonia (Y 401)[407] Panaria (Y 431) [408] |
244 232 |
1948 1948 |
31.7.1984 1983 |
Delivery 4.1944 as US Army ST-486 Delivery between 4.1944/11.1944 as US Army ST-711 [409] | |||
| US Army Tugs Design#257-A Albenga |
Albenga (Y 412) Boeo (Y 417) Nisida (Y 437) |
192 175 120 |
1948 1948 1948 |
1990 30.4.1986 31.12.1992 |
Delivered 12.1943 as US Army ST 77 Delivered 12.1943 as US Army ST 76 Delivered 3.1944 as US Army ST 333 [409] | |||
| US Army DPC Tugs Miseno |
Miseno (Y 427) [410] Montecristo (Y 429) [411] |
247 268 |
1948 1946 |
1988 1989 |
Delivered 1944 as US DPC-29 > 1944 as US Army ST-795 > 1950 as Miseno (Y 427) Delivered 1943 as US DPC-79 > 1944 as US Army ST-762 > 1950 as Montecristo (Y 429) | |||
| MOWT, Ministry of War Transport Empire – near-WARRIOR Type |
Ustica (Y 448) [412] Vigoroso |
425 | 1950 1972 |
1991 19.9.1990 |
Launched 1935 as MOWT Empire Race > Capo d'Orlando > A 5324 Launched 6.3.1946 and since 1958 to Royal Navy as MOWT Empire Lucy > 7.1962 Ognina by Impresse Marittime Augustea SpA | |||
| MOWT, Ministry of War Transport Empire – Modified WARRIOR Type |
Ercole (A 5388) [413] Favignana (Y 424) |
522 | 1971 ? |
1989 ? |
Launched as MOWT Empire Belle > ELF > Mare Jonio Launched as MOWT Empire Phyllis > Hayat (Kuwait) > Brucoli > A 5385 | |||
| Arsachena |
Arsachena | 180 | 1932 | 1991 | ||||
| San Bartolomeo |
San Bartolomeo San Benedetto |
173 | 1942 1942 |
1968 1990 |
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| Passero |
Passero Linaro Mesco |
87 | 1934 1934 1934 |
1983 1986 1989 |
||||
| Sperone |
Sperone | 64 | 1954 | 1988 | ||||
| Porto Pisano 1st batch |
Porto Pisano Porto Fossone (Y 415)[414] Porto Recanati Porto Torres |
268 | 1937 1937 1937 1936 |
1979 1973 1984 1974 |
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| Porto Pisano 2nd batch |
Porto Vecchio | 268 | 1942 | 1975 | ||||
| Capo Circeo |
Capo Circeo | 69 | 1956 | 1983 | ||||
| Senigallia |
Ventimiglia | 222 | 1940 | 1983 | ||||
| Tino |
Tino [415] | 268 | 1931 | 1983 | ||||
| Salvore |
Salvore (A 5391) Porto Rosso [416] |
284 274 |
1929 1928 |
1979 1968 |
Miseno was named, in 1941, Porto Rosso | |||
| Linosa |
Linosa Asinara Carbonara |
131 | 1937 1937 1937 |
1972 1981 1978 |
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| Tavolara |
Tavolara | 67 | 1956 | 1976 | ||||
| Cordevole |
Cordevole [417] | 110 | 3.12.1916 | 1976 | Launched 1915 as mercantile Dora in Netherlands | |||
| Licosa |
Licosa | 108 | 1936 | 1975 | Launched 1913 as mercantile Ernesto in Germany | |||
| Noli |
Noli | 60 | 1935 | 1973 | Launched 1928 as mercantile Olga | |||
| Emilio |
Emilio | 65 | 1952 | 1973 | Launched 1912 as Corry Dutch Navy | |||
| Saturno |
Saturno | 160 | 1939 | 1973 | Launched 1906 in Great Britain as mercantile Emma | |||
| Argentario |
Argentario [418] | 87 | 1916 | 1973 | Launched 1916 as mercantile Rival II in Netherlands | |||
| Abbazia |
Abbazia [419] | 235 | 1917 | '60 | Launched 1916 as mercantile Susanna in Netherlands > Lesina | |||
| Tagliamento |
Tagliamento | 70 | 1916 | 1971 | Launched 1913 as mercantile Lena in Netherlands | |||
|
Teulada | 120 | 1916 | 1971 | Launched as mercantile Christian in Netherlands | |||
| Promontore |
Promontore | 140 | 1916 | 1968 | Launched 1914 as mercantile Directeur Letzer in Netherlands > Ostia | |||
|
Portorose | 101 | 1921 | 1964 | Launched 1917 as T-103 for Austro-Hungarian Navy | |||
| Liscanera |
Liscanera [420] | 222 | 1916 | 1963 | Launched 1916 as mercantile Gertruda in Netherlands | |||
| Irene |
Irene | 1952 | 1960 | |||||
| Lilibeo |
Lilibeo | 144 | 1916 | 1959 | Launched 1915 as mercantile Endrika in Netherlands | |||
| Cefalù |
Cefalù | 132 | 1936 | 1957 | Launched 1904 in France as mercantile Brandale | |||
| Mercurio |
Mercurio | 1944 | 1957 | Launched as mercantile San Raffaele | ||||
| Sciacca |
Sciacca | 120 | 1935 | 1956 | Launched 1902 as mercantile Salerno | |||
| Astico |
Astico | 80 | 1916 | 1956 | Launched 1909 as mercantile Christian in Netherlands | |||
|
Lampedusa | 166 | 1915 | 1951 | during WWII used for Headlights service vessel | |||
| Gaeta |
Gaeta | 250 | 1917 | 1951 | Launched 1916 as mercantile Guglielmina in Netherlands | |||
| Rapallo |
Rapallo [421] | 327 | 31.8.1937 | 1950 | ||||
| Rescue tugboats | ||||||||
|
Polifemo | 1,285 | 1922 | 1952 | Launched 1921 in Germany as Einigkeit | |||
| Riverine tugboats | ||||||||
| Mestre |
Mestre Chioggia |
150 | 1919 1919 |
1968 1989 |
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| Lagoon tugboats | ||||||||
| R.L.1 |
R.L. 1 R.L. 3 R.L. 9 R.L. 10 |
52 | 1919 1919 1920 1921 |
1973 1960 1960 1951 |
||||
| R.L.11 |
R.L. 11 | 1948 | 1951 | |||||
| R.L.12 |
R.L. 12 | 1948 | 1956 | |||||
| Harbor tugboats | ||||||||
| RP 101 [392] |
RP 103 - Y406 [422] RP 105 - Y408 [423] |
85 | 1972 1972 |
201? 201? |
commissioned in 1972/1974 by Visintini-Donada docks | |||
| RP 113 [392] |
RP 114 - Y464 | 120 | 1979 | 201? | ||||
| N.80 |
N.80 N.87 N.88 N.94 |
47 | 1919 1923 1923 1924 |
1974 1975 1985 1965 |
Launched 1918 as T 69 for Austro-Hungarian Navy Launched 1918 as T 67 for Austro-Hungarian Navy Launched 1918 as T 68 for Austro-Hungarian Navy Launched 1918 as T 65 for Austro-Hungarian Navy | |||
|
N.78 | 28 | 1922 | 1985 | Launched 1913 as T 91 for Austro-Hungarian Navy | |||
| ex ministeriale |
Colonnello Pozzi Generale Valfrè Generale Pollio |
100 | 1939 1939 1940 |
1982 1951 1951 |
Colonnello Pozzi launched 1912 | |||
| San Biagio [424] |
San Biagio Sant'Antonio [425] San Daniele [426] |
225 | 2.5.1957 2.5.1957 2.5.1957 |
1.11.1975 30.4.1974 1.4.1973 |
Launched 18.7.1944 Launched 8.8.1944 Launched 27.7.1944 as San Cesareo; | |||
| N.2 |
Gorgona | 162 | 1916 | 1975 | Launched as mercantile in Netherlands > N.3 | |||
| N.2 |
N.2 | 1941 | 1974 | Launched as mercantile Nibbio | ||||
| N.30 |
N.32 | 87 | 1908 | 1973 | ||||
| N.24 |
N.24 N.26 N.27 |
77 | 1911 1911 1911 |
1964 1956 1971 |
||||
|
N.47 | 60 | 1916 | 1971 | Launched as mercantile N.631 | |||
| N.1 |
N.1 | 1941 | 1965 | Launched 1919 as mercantile Ipso | ||||
|
Licata | 85 | 1916 | 1965 | Launched 1914 in Netherlands as mercantile Harmonie > Isonzo | |||
|
Pianosa | 183 | 1915 | '60 | Launched 1914 in Netherlands as mercantile Waterweg N.2 | |||
| N.5 |
N.5 N.22 N.23 |
99 | 1913 1914 1914 |
1959 1955 1972 |
||||
| N.28 |
Capraia | 128 | 1903 | 1957 | Launched as N. 29 | |||
| N.52 |
N.52 N.53 |
65 | 1918 1915 |
1957 1957 |
Launched in Netherlands as mercantile > Lucia Launched in Netherlands as mercantile Rival | |||
|
N.9 | 99 | 1913 | 1954 | ||||
|
N.4 | 72 | 1933 | 1951 | Launched 1917 as mercantile | |||
|
N.3 | 1941 | 1951 | Launched as mercantile Conte di San Robert | ||||
| Nisida |
Procida | 135 | 1913 | 1951 | ||||
| N.35 |
N.35 N.36 |
104 | 1915 1915 |
1951 1951 |
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| Class | Picture | Shipyard Origin |
Ships | Launched | Commissioned | Retired | Displacement (ton) |
Length (m) |
Speed (kn) |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dredgers | ||||||||||
| Generale Chiodo | Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft |
Generale Chiodo | 4.1915 | 1923 | 1965 | 2,700 | 77,28 | Launched for Germany Navy as SOLTHÖRN (SOLTHOERN) Yard No.130 1701grt / 990nrt, 1500 m3, 2 propellers | ||
| Barges | ||||||||||
| Betta 15 | |
Betta 15 Betta 17 |
1922 1923 |
1955 1976 |
316 | |||||
| Betta 21 | |
Betta 21 | 1901 | 1922 | 1960 | 300 | Launched as DP 6 for Germany Navy | |||
| Betta 23 | |
Betta 23 Betta 24 |
1922 1922 |
1955 1975 |
492 | |||||
| Model | Origin | Picture | Service | Embarked | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROV | ||||||||
| SMIN MIN Mk2 | Italy |
12 commissioned in 1992 phase out by 2005/2008 |
4 Lerici minehunter class 8 Gaeta minehunter class |
Had replaced Whitehead-Riva Calzoni ROV MIN-77 on 4 Lerici minehunter class phased out replaced by Gaymarine ROV Pluto GIGAS | ||||
| SMIN MIN-77 | Italy |
8 in 1985 | 4 Lerici minehunter class | Replaced by SMIN MIN Mk2 on 4 Lerici minehunter class | ||||
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