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4 unusual facts about Regia Marina


Adone Del Cima

Adone Del Cima (1898-1943) was an officer of Regia Marina that was named in 1942 the first and the only commander of battleship Roma.

Francesco Mimbelli

Francesco Mimbelli (16 April 1903 Livorno – 26 January 1978 in Rome) was an Italian Naval officer who fought in World War II.

Muzio Sforza

The Italian Regia Marina launched a cruiser called Muzio Attendolo in 1935.

Regia Marina

To increase speed the coal-fired boilers were replaced with modern oil-fired boilers and ten meters were added to the ship's length to improve the coefficient of fineness.


Beograd-class destroyer

Two of the three were captured by the Italian Navy after the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, and one of those was subsequently captured by the Germans.

Marconi-class submarine

Admiral Karl Dönitz visited Malaspina on 30 September to welcome Regia Marina sailors to the German base.

Mario Masciulli

Mario Elbano Masciulli Manelli, Baron Miglianico (Livorno, Italy September 15, 1909 - Caracas, Venezuela October 16, 1991) was a prominent military engineer of the Italian Regia Marina, Major of Genio Navale and belonging to the recognized Decima Flottiglia MAS as director of the Office of Submarine Secret Weapons during Second World War.

Nazario Sauro

When Italy did join the effort in 1915, he was a volunteer in the Italian Navy, and assigned to a torpedo unit, accomplishing over 60 missions over a period of 14 months.

Operation Vigorous

The French Fleet and the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet dominated the only potential and credible adversary, Italy's Regia Marina.

Roger of Lauria

The Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) battleship Ruggiero di Lauria, completed in 1888 and stricken in 1909, was named for Roger of Lauria.

Stilo

At 10 km from the city is the promontory of Cape Stilo, where in 1940 the Battle of Punta Stilo was fought by the Italian and British Navies.


see also

Battle of the Mediterranean

It was fought off the coast of the Peloponnese in southern Greece from 27–29 March 1941 in which Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces—under the command of the British Admiral Andrew Cunningham—intercepted those of the Italian Regia Marina under Admiral Angelo Iachino.

R-class submarine

Italian R-class submarine, a group of submarines built for the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina Italiana) during World War II