Italian Navy (2023)

Current Active Inventory: 54 Fleet Units

Last Updated: 11/06/2022 | © www.WDMMW.org

The following represents an overview of the modern naval fighting capabilities of the Italian Navy (2023). The service currently counts 54 total units in its active naval inventory. This total includes frontline commissioned vessels but excludes smaller patrol vessels, auxiliary / survey ships, replenishment, and historical ceremonial types. The WDMMW review takes into account specific categories of warships covering attack, defense, and general support designs. Inventory numbers and related unit types are provided as-is and derived from publically-available information / sources. "On Order" totals found at the bottom of this article are related to any future hulls currently under procurement/construction though said hulls may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons.

Total Units: 54

TvR:
80.7

True Value Rating takes into account current strengths/weaknesses, matched against the highest-rated service (the USN yields a top rating of 323.9).

Global Rank:
11/35

A total of 35 naval services from 35 nations currently tracked. Current Ranking.

FORCE CONCENTRATION:

Carriers: 2 units
Submarines: 8 units
Fleet Core: 41 units
Amphib Asslt: 3 units

FORCE BALANCE:

AVERAGE

Fleet covers basic operating requirements by addressing primary categories.

SUPPLIERS:
National flag of Italy

HULL PREFIX:
"ITS"

ESTABLISHED:
1861
162 yrs ago
as the "Regia Marina"

MEDIAN HULL AGE:
24.7
Years

HULL AGE VISUALIZATION

♦

Unit Age Color Key

0 to 15 yrs

16 to 25 yrs

26 to 30 yrs

>30 yrs

Age plays a vital role in the life of any warship as hulls and various onboard technologies are pushed to the limit, ultimately exposed to the corrosive and generally unforgiving effects of life at sea. Such degradation often leads to modernizations, refits, or outright retirement. Our color gauge attempts to showcase a vessel's current state within the fleet, helping to detail those outgoing vessels against those at the midway point of their service or those just having been commissioned.

Aircraft Carriers (2)

Hulls defined as those designed primarily to launch, retreive, and maintain fixed-wing and/or rotary-wing aircraft; nuclear- or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

15yrs

Cavour

550

Cavour

38yrs

Giuseppe Garibaldi

551

Garibaldi

Total Units: 2 (4%)

NOTES: Guiseppe Garibaldi is set to be replaced in service by Trieste LHD in 2022.

Submarines (8)

Hulls developed for undersea/submersible operation; nuclear-powered or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK

POSITIVE

17yrs

Salvatore Todaro

S526

Todaro-class

16yrs

Scire

S527

Todaro-class

7yrs

Pietro Venuti

S528

Todaro-class

6yrs

Romeo Romei

S529

Todaro-class

35yrs

Salvatore Pelosi

S522

Sauro-class

34yrs

Giuliano Prini

S523

Sauro-class

30yrs

Primo Longobardo

S524

Sauro-class

28yrs

G.G. Priaroggia

S525

Sauro-class

Total Units: 8 (15%)

Destroyers (4)

Multi-mission hulls developed for Blue Water environment; operating independently or as part of the main surface fleet.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

16yrs

Andrea Doria

D553

Orizzonte-class

14yrs

Caio Duilio

D555

Orizzonte-class

30yrs

L.D. de la Penne

D560

Durand de la Penne-class

30yrs

Francesco Mimbelli

D561

Durand d.la Penne-class

Total Units: 4 (7%)

NOTES: Luigi Durand de la Penne is set to be decommissioned in 2024; Fancesco Mimbelli will follow pending the results of the DDX program.

Frigates (11)

Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than Destroyers, though larger than corvettes, having Blue Water capabilities.

OUTLOOK

POSITIVE

10yrs

Carlo Bergamini

F590

Bergamini-class

6yrs

Luigi Rizzo

F595

Bergamini-class

5yrs

Fedr. Martinengo

F596

Bergamini-class

4yrs

Antonio Marceglia

F597

Bergamini-class

10yrs

Virginio Fasan

F591

Bergamini-class

9yrs

Carlo Margottini

F592

Bergamini-class

8yrs

Carabiniere

F593

Bergamini-class

7yrs

Alpino

F594

Bergamini-class

40yrs

Grecale

F571

Maestrale-class

40yrs

Libeccio

F572

Maestrale-class

38yrs

Zeffiro

F577

Maestrale-class

Total Units: 11 (20%)

NOTES: The Maestrale-class is set to be succeeded in service by the arriving FREMM (Bergamini-class) ships.

Mine Warfare (10)

Hulls outfitted for the purpose of mine countermeasures/countermine warfare.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

38yrs

Milazzo

M5552

Lerici-class

38yrs

Vieste

M5553

Lerici-class

31yrs

Gaeta

M5554

Gaeta-class

31yrs

Termoli

M5555

Gaeta-class

30yrs

Alghero

M5556

Gaeta-class

30yrs

Numana

M5557

Gaeta-class

29yrs

Crotone

M5558

Gaeta-class

29yrs

Viareggio

M5559

Gaeta-class

27yrs

Chioggia

M5560

Gaeta-class

27yrs

Rimini

M5561

Gaeta-class

Total Units: 10 (19%)

Offshore Patrol Vessels (16)

Hulls defined as OPVs and outfitted for the purpose of close-to-shore defense / deterrence.

OUTLOOK

POSITIVE

19yrs

Cmdt C. Fulgosi

P490

Comandanti-class

19yrs

Cmdt Borsini

P491

Comandanti-class

19yrs

Cmdt Bettica

P492

Comandanti-class

19yrs

Cmdt Foscari

P493

Comandanti-class

21yrs

Sirio

P409

Sirio-class

21yrs

Orione

P410

Sirio-class

34yrs

Cassiopea

P401

Cassiopea-class

32yrs

Libra

P402

Cassiopea-class

32yrs

Spica

P403

Cassiopea-class

31yrs

Vega

P404

Cassiopea-class

26yrs

Esploratore

P405

Esploratore-class

26yrs

Sentinella

P406

Esploratore-class

26yrs

Vedetta

P407

Esploratore-class

18yrs

Staffetta

P408

Esploratore-class

4yrs

Angelo Cabrini

P420

Angelo Cabrini-class

3yrs

Tullio Tedeschi

P421

Angelo Cabrini-class

Total Units: 16 (30%)

NOTES: The two Sirio-class and six Cassiopea-class ships are set to be retired beginning in 2022 and succeeded by eight joint French-Italian European Patrol Corvettes.

Amphibious Assault (3)

Hulls designed specifically for the support of amphibious-minded, offshore / close-to-shore operations.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

35yrs

San Giorgio

L9892

San Giorgio-class

35yrs

San Marco

L9893

San Giorgio-class

29yrs

San Giusto

L9894

San Giorgio-class

Total Units: 3 (6%)

On Order (12)

Hulls set to be delivered in the current procurement year or in subsequent year(s).

Unnamed Boat

Fleet Submarine

Unnamed Boat

Fleet Submarine

Spartaco Shergat

Frigate

Emilio Bianchi

Frigate

P.T. di Revel

OPV

Francesco Morosini

OPV

PPA-6

OPV

R. Montecuccoli

OPV

G.d. Bande Nere

OPV

Marc. Colonna

OPV

PPA-7

OPV

Trieste

LHD

Total Units: 12

On Order Commitment: 12 Units

Related Naval Powers...

Royal Navy

French Navy

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