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Italian Navy

Coat of Arms of the Italian Navy
Military unit
Unit nameItalian Navy
Marina Militare
Founded1946 � Present
(as Regia Marina)
17 March 1861 � 1946)
CountryItaly
BranchNavy
TypeNavy
Size35,200 active personnel 180 commissioned ships, 123 aircraft
Motto 
"Country and Honour"
AnniversariesJune 10 - Sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István by Luigi Rizzo
Commanders
Capo di Stato Maggiore della MarinaAmmiraglio di Squadra
Paolo La Rosa
Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore della MarinaAmmiraglio di Squadra
Luigi Binelli Mantelli

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The Italian Navy (Marina Militare) is the navy of the Italian Republic. It is one of the four branches of military forces of Italy; formed in 1946, from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy). As of 2008, the Italian Navy has 35,200 active personnel with 180 commissioned ships, 19 Floating Docks, and 123 aircraft, the total displacement of the navy is between 293,000 to 300,000 tons.

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Families in Naples, Rota, now may opt for off-base housing - Stars and Stripes Tweet this news
Stars and Stripes--With occupancy rates in family housing units comfortably above 90 percent and holding steady, the -Navy- on this side of the Atlantic has discontinued a ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:46:06 GMT+00:00
Virtavia - Westland Merlin HC.3 and HM.1 Now Available - FlightSim.com (press release) Tweet this news
FlightSim.com (press release)--The Merlin was born out of a need for the Royal Navy to replace its aging Seakings and thus Westland entered the WG.34 design, concurrently the -Italian navy- ... - Date : Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:17:50 GMT+00:00
Italian amateur radio special event stations - Southgate Amateur Radio Club Tweet this news
Southgate Amateur Radio Club--Special station IA7MM will be active throughout 2011 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the -Italian Navy-. QSL via IZ7AUH. ... - Date : Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:16:19 GMT+00:00
Wirral pensioner tells of surviving sinking of the Cunard liner during WWII - Wirral News Tweet this news
Wirral News--The Liverpool-bound troopship, carrying 2725 people, including women and children and 1793 -Italian- prisoners of war, was sunk by a German U-Boat off the ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:34:31 GMT+00:00
Genova Boat Show - Business Review Europe Tweet this news
Business Review Europe---...- Navigation Museums) - which together with Genoa City Council and the Liguria Regional Council was the initiator of this project - to the -Italian Navy-, ... - Date : Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:34:40 GMT+00:00
SELEX Galileo awarded a contract for electro-optical naval Janus sensor by ... - Defenseworld.net Tweet this news
Defenseworld.net--SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company has been awarded a first contract by the -Italian Navy-, Marina Militare, for the supply of electro-optical naval Janus ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:46:09 GMT+00:00
Predictable Israeli fiasco - Ynetnews Tweet this news
Ynetnews--The Gaza-bound protestors would not dare behave that way vis-à-vis the Turkish, American, or even -Italian Navy-. Despite Israel's immense power, ... - Date : Mon, 31 May 2010 15:06:37 GMT+00:00
Canale 2010 promotes Mediterranean cooperation - Times of Malta Tweet this news
Times of Malta--The 17th edition of the bilateral Italo-Maltese aero-naval exercise Canale 2010 came to an end this morning with a conference on board the -Italian navy- ship ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:51:16 GMT+00:00
Italy stands up new land-based maritime component - Jane's Tweet this news
Jane's---Italian Navy- commander-in-chief Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli described the ITA EU MCC as a "pre-structured, but non-standing" maritime command, ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:40:42 GMT+00:00

Ships :
scope="col"Aircraft scope="col"Origin scope="col"Type scope="col"Versions scope="col"In service
Agusta-Bell 212 Italy ASW/ASuW helicopter AB-212ASW 25
Utility helicopter AB-212ASH 6
Agusta-Sikorsky ASH-3D Sea King Italy ASW/ASuW helicopter ASH-3DASW 8
Amphibious support helicopter ASH-3DASH 8
AgustaWestland EH101 Italy ASW/ASuW helicopter 110-ASW 8
Amphibious support helicopter 410-ASH 4
Tactical transport helicopter 410-TTH 4
Airborne early warning 112-AEW 4
Boeing AV-8B Harrier II United States Ground-attack aircraft AV-8B 14 Two lost due to accidents.
Trainer aircraft TAV-8B 2

IT Military of Italy

Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) Italian Navy (Marina Militare) Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) � Carabinieri (Gendarmerie)



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