Italian Navy June 1940


4 Battleship plus a further 4 fitting out
8 heavy cruiser
14 light cruiser
128 destroyer
62 motor torpedo boats
115 submarine

Personnel 4,180 officer 70,500 men rising to 190,000 through out the 1940-1942.

From June 1940 to September 1943 the Navy lost 24,660 men, 1 battleship and 13 cruisers with total losses of 339 ships.

Taranto command

  • 2 Battleships
  • 44 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 22 submarines
  • 16 motor torpedo-boats
  • 2 minelayer
  • 4 escort and patrol craft

    Venice command

  • 8 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 4 submarines
  • 16 motor torpedo-boats
  • 1 escort and patrol craft

    La Spezia command

  • 21 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 36 submarines
  • 26 motor torpedo-boats
  • 1 minelayer
  • 3 escort and patrol craft

    Naples command

  • 4 cruisers
  • 18 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 11 submarines
  • 6 motor torpedo-boats
  • 3 minelayer
  • 1 escort and patrol craft

    Sicily command

  • 24 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 26 submarines
  • 12 motor torpedo-boats
  • 2 minelayer
  • 3 escort and patrol craft

    Dodecanese command

  • 6 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 8 submarines
  • 20 motor torpedo-boats
  • 1 minelayer

    Red Sea command

  • 9 destroyer and torpedo-boats
  • 8 submarines
  • 5 motor torpedo-boats
  • 4 escort and patrol craft

    The Red Sea command was destroyed in 1941

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