Italian naval forces

The Italian Navy arose during the creation of the Italian armed forces after the unification of Italy .

During the Italo-Turkish war of 1911 - 1912 ships of the Italian navy provided the operations of expeditionary forces in North Africa.

In 1915 - 1918 The Italian fleet participated in the First World War.

The ships of the Italian fleet as part of the Entente forces participated in the intervention against Soviet Russia , during which the Italian destroyer Raccia was blown up and sank on July 21, 1920 at a Soviet mine barrier in the Black Sea ^[2] .

In accordance with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, the Italian naval forces are currently designed to ensure the integrity of the national territory, protect the interests of the country, NATO and the EU in various regions of the world, as well as to resolve international crises and perform specific tasks in natural disasters and other emergency situations requiring urgent intervention. The new tasks of the Italian fleet include: the fight against international terrorism in all its manifestations and participation in anti-crisis operations of various nature and scale. The current Italian naval strategy provides for the possibility of the presence of national naval forces both in the Mediterranean Sea , in the Red and Black Seas , as well as in the Indian Ocean .

In 2009, the Italian Navy, in addition to the fleet, includes 3 naval districts: Tyrrhenian (the district headquarters is located in the La Spezia naval base), Ionian (the district headquarters are located in the Taranto naval naval base) and the Adriatic (the district headquarters are located at the Ancona base), as well as 3 autonomous military -Navy command (Stolichnoe, the islands of Sicily and the islands of Sardinia ), as well as the 28th naval group in Albania (the place of deployment is the port of Vlore ).

Also in Italy there are several basing centers for ships and boats of the fleet: Venice , Ancona , Messina , Cagliari and La Maddalena .

The headquarters of the fleet is located in the Main Naval Base (GVMB) Taranto. The fleet includes six commands: Operational squadron (GVMB Taranto), landing ( Brindisi ), submarine (naval Taranto ), mine-sweeping (naval Naval Aviation Spezia ), patrol (naval naval Augusta ) forces and naval aviation ( Santa Rosa , Rome ) and training center, located in the Taranto naval base.

The command of the Operational squadron (whose headquarters are located on the Giuseppe Garibaldi AVL) includes the 1st and 2nd frigate divisions (8 URO frigates, 4 frigates and 2 training vessels), 2 aircraft carriers, 2 URO destroyers , 3 landing helicopter dock ship, training ship and 7 ocean tugs .

The submarine command includes 1 submarine brigade (7 submarines) and a submarine specialist training school.

The command of the landing forces includes the San Marco Marine Corps Regiment, the Marine Corps Logistics Support Regiment and the Landing Boats Division (9 boats for transporting equipment and 17 for transporting personnel).

The command of the mine-sweeping forces includes 2 mines of minesweepers (53rd and 54th), the control ship MTS "Alpino".

The command of naval aviation is subordinated to 3 air bases on which the squadron of aircraft with short take-off and landing of the AV-8B and 5 helicopter squadrons are based. The base patrol aviation of the Navy (14 aircraft) is organizationally part of the Italian Air Force . For operational use, she reports directly to the fleet commander.

Navy

For 2006, the Italian Navy had 56 warships. For 2009, the Italian Navy consists of: 6 submarines , 2 light aircraft carriers , 2 destroyers , 14 frigates , 8 corvettes , 3 landing helicopter dock ships.

The Italian Navy will reduce the number of submarines and ships ^[3] .

The Philippine Ministry of Defense has agreed with Italy to purchase two missile frigates of the Maestrale type from the Italian Navy ^[4] .

The Government of Bangladesh on March 4, 2015 approved the acquisition of four Minerva corvettes from the Italian fleet for the country's newly formed coast guard, with a purchase price of 105 million euros. Ships should be received in Bangladesh in pairs in 2016 and 2017 ^[5] .

Naval Aviation

Airborne Forces and Navy Special Forces

Airborne Forces

Navy Special Forces

Naval Aviation

Official Flags

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Special Flags

Адмиралы

¹ итал. Capo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa — Начальник Штаба обороны

² итал. Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina; Segretario Generale della Difesa. — Начальник Главного штаба ВМС или Генеральный секретарь обороны.

³ Соответствует званию бригадного генерала в Сухопутных войсках .

Офицеры

¹ Officer candidate.

Podofitsery and foremen

Foremen and Sailors

Dmitriev V. State and development prospects of the Italian Navy // Foreign Military Review: Journal. - 2006. - No. 9 . - S. 53-62 .

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