About the Regia Marina OOB
A detailed Regia Marina OOB as of 10 June 1940. This order of battle only pertains to the start of Italy’s entry in World War Two.
The Trieste moored in Naples, Italy.
1st Fleet
Vice Admiral Inigo Campioni
Auxiliary Units:
Seaplane Tender Giuseppe Miraglia
Water Tanker Isonzo
Water Tanker Po
Water Tanker Garda
Tug Atlante
Tug Lipari
5th Battleship Division
Rear Admiral Bruno Brivonesi
BB Giulio Cesare (*)
BB Conte Di Cavour
Note: the Cesare was flagship of the 1st Fleet also.
7th Destroyer Squadron
DD Freccia
DD Dardo
DD Saetta
DD Strale
8th Destroyer Squadron
DD Folgore
DD Fulmine
DD Baleno
DD Lampo
9th Battleship Division
Rear Admiral Carlo Bergamini
BB Littorio (*)
BB Vittorio Veneto
Note: both this units were not fully operational yet.
14th Destroyer Squadron
DD Ugolino Vivaldi
DD Antonio Da Noli
DD Leone Pancaldo
15th Destroyer Squadron
DD Antonio Pigafetta
DD Nicolo’ Zeno
DD Alvise da Mosto
DD Giovanni da Verrazzano
DD Lanzerotto Malocello
1st Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Pellegrino Matteucci
CA Zara (*)
CA Gorizia
CA Fiume
9th Destroyer Squadron
DD Vittorio Alfieri
DD Alfredo Oriani
DD Giosue’ Carducci
DD Vincenzo Gioberti
4th Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Alberto Marenco di Moriondo
CL Alberico da Barbiano (*)
CL Luigi Cadorna
CL Alberto da Giussano
CL Armando Diaz
DD Lanciere
Note: The Lanciere was provisionally detached from the 12th Destroyer Squadron – 2nd Fleet.
8th Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Antonio Legnani
CL Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi (*)
CL Giuseppe Garibaldi
16th Destroyer Squadron
DD Nicoloso da Recco
DD Antoniotto Usodimare
DD Tarigo
DD Emanuele Pessagno
2nd Fleet
Vice Admiral Riccardo Paladini
CA Pola (*)
12th Destroyer Squadron
DD Carabiniere
DD Corazziere
DD Ascari
Auxiliary Units:
Repair Ship Quarnaro
Water Tanker Volturno
Water Tanker Istria
Water Tanker Flegetonte
Water Tanker Mincio
Oil Tanker Cocito
Tug Ercole
Tug Portoferraio
3rd Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Carlo Cattaneo
CA Trento (*)
CA Bolzano
CA Trieste
11th Destroyer Squadron
DD Artigliere
DD Camicia Nera
DD Aviere
DD Geniere
7th Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Luigi Sansonetti
CL Eugenio di Savoia (*)
CL Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta
CL Muzio Attendolo
CL Raimondo Montecuccoli
13th Destroyer Squadron
DD Granatieri
DD Fuciliere
DD Bersagliere
DD Alpino
2nd Cruiser Division
Rear Admiral Ferdinando Casardi
CL Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere (*)
CL Bartolomeo Colleoni
10th Destroyer Squadron
DD Maestrale
DD Libeccio
DD Grecale
DD Scirocco
Submarine Fleet
Vice Admiral Mario Falangola
1st Group
11th Squadron
SS Calvi
SS Finzi
SS Tazzoli
SS Ettore Fieramosca
12th Squadron
SS Cappellini
SS Faa di Bruno
SS Lazzaro Mocenigo
SS Sebastiano Veniero
SS Glauco
SS Otaria
13th Squadron
SS Berillio
SS Onice
SS Gemma
14th Squadron
SS Iride
SS Argo
SS Valella
14th Squadron
SS Gondar
SS Neghelli
SS Ascianghi
SS Scire’
16th Squadron
SS Micca
SS Foca
17th Squadron
H1
H2
H4
H6
H8
2nd Group
21st Squadron
SS Marcelo
SS Nani
SS Enrico Dandolo
SS Provana
22nd Squadron
SS Barbarigo
SS Angelo Emo
SS Francesco Morosini
SS Guglielmo Marconi
SS Leonardo da Vinci
3rd Group
31st Squadron
SS Vettor Pisani
SS Colonna
SS Bausan
SS Des Geneyes
33rd Squadron
SS Fratelli Bandiera
SS Luciano Manara
SS Ciro Menotti
SS Santore di Santarosa
34th Squadron
SS Goffredo Mameli
SS Pier Capponi
SS Tito Speri
SS Da Procida
35th Squadron
SS Durbo
SS Tembien
SS Beilul
37th Squadron
X2
X3
4th Group
40th Squadron
SS Balilla
SS Amatore Sciesa
SS Enrico Toti
SS Domenco Millelire
41st Squadron
SS Liuzzi
SS Attilio Bagnolini
SS Giuliani
SS Tarantini
42nd Squadron
SS Benedetto Brin
43rd Squadron
SS Settimo
SS Settembrini
44th Squadron
SS Anfitrite
45th Squadron
SS Salpa
SS Serpente
46th Squadron
SS Dessie’
SS Dagabur
SS Uar-Scieck
SS Uebi-Scebeli
47th Squadron
SS Malachite
SS Rubino
SS Ambra
48th Squadron
SS Ondina
49th Squadron
SS Atropo
SS Zoea
SS Filippo Corridoni
7th Group
71st Squadron
SS Alagi
SS Adua
SS Axum
SS Aradam
72nd Squadron
SS Diaspro
SS Corallo
SS Turchese
SS Medusa
Upper Adriatic Sea Department
Vice Admiral Ferdinando di Savoia
15th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Confienza
TB Solferino
TB San Martino
TB Palestro
TB Giovannini
Training Sail-Ships
Cristofero Colombo
Amerigo Vespucci
6th MAS Squadron
4 x MAS
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Albona
Mine-layer Laurana
Mine-layer Rovigno
Mine-layer Anzio
Mine-layer San Giorgio @
Mine-layer San Giusto @
Oil Tanker Lete
Water Tanker Scrivia
Water Tanker Verbano
Albania Naval Command
Water Tanker Pagano
Minesweeper Vigilante
Minesweeper Vedetta
Libya Naval Command
Rear Admiral Bruno Brivonesi
1st Destroyer Squadron
DD Turbine
DD Aquilone
DD Euro
DD Nembo
11th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Cigno
TB Castore
TB Climene
TB Centauro
CA San Giorgio
Note: obsolete unit, used as a stationary AA platform.
6th Submarine Group
61st Squadron
SS Sirena
SS Argonauta
SS Fisalia
SS Smeraldo
62nd Squadron
SS Diamante
SS Topazio
SS Nereide
SS Galatea
SS Lafole
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Monte Gargano @
Gunboat Palmaiola
Gunboat De Lutti
Gunboat Grazioli Lante
Gunboat Giovanni Berta
Gunboat Valoroso
Water Tanker Lina Campanella @
Water Tanker Polifemo @
Water Tanker Ticino
Far East naval Command (Commander Galletti)
Mine-layer Lepanto
Gunboat Carlotto
Upper Tyrrenhian Sea Department (Vice Admiral Aimone di Savoia-Aosta)
10th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Vega
TB Sagittario
TB Perseo
TB Sirio
TB Giacinto Carini
TB Antonio La Masa
Note: The Carini and La Masa were detached from the 3rd Torpedo-Boat Squadron, Lower Tyrrenhian Sea Department.
16th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Monzambano
TB Curtatone
TB Castelfidardo
TB Calatafimi
1st MAS Flottilla
TB Stefano Tur
20 x MAS
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Orando @
Mine-layer Gasperi @
Mine-layer Crotone
Mine-layer Fasana
Transport Ship Matteucci @
Gunboat Rimini
Water Tanker Dalmazia
Lower Tyrrenhian Sea Department (Vice Admiral Pini)
1st Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Airone
TB Ariel
TB Aretusa
TB Alcione
TB Albatros
2nd Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Papa
TB Montanari
TB Cascino
TB Chinotto
3rd Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Prestinari
TB Cantore
4th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Procione
TB Orione
TB Orsa
TB Perseo
5th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Simone Schiaffino
TB Dezza
TB Giuseppe La Farina
TB Abba
9th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Cassiopea
TB Canopo
TB Cairoli
TB Antonio Mosto
12th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Altair
TB Antares
TB Aldebaran
TB Andromeda
13th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Circe
TB Clio
TB Calliope
TB Calipso
14th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Partenope
TB Polluce
TB Pleiadi
TB Pallade
2nd MAS Flottilla
16 x MAS
4th MAS Squadron
4 x MAS
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Partenope @
Mine-layer Buffoluto
Mine-layer Durazzo
Mine-layer Pelagosa
Mine-layer Caralis @
Mine-layer Deffenu @
Mine-layer Mazara @
Mine-layer Buccari
Mine-layer Scilla
Mine-layer Brioni @
Mine-layer Adriatico @
Depot Ship Pacinotti
Depot Ship Alessandro Volta
Water Tanker Arno
Water Tanker Metauro
Water Tanker Verde
Water Tanker Prometeo
Water Tanker Bormida
Water Tanker Brenta
Ionian and Lower Adriatic Department
Vice Admiral Antonio Pasetti
CL Bari
CL Taranto
Note : both were obsolete WW1 war-booty former German ships.
2nd Destroyer Squadron
DD Espero
DD Borea
DD Zeffiro
DD Ostro
6th Destroyer Squadron
DD Rosolino Pilo
DD Francesco Stocco
DD Giuseppe Missori
DD Sirtori
DD Augusto Riboty
DD Mirabello
Note: obsolete units, all the other units of their classes had already been re-classified as TB.
7th Torpedo-Boat Squadron
TB Angelo Bassini
TB Cosenz
TB Giacomo Medici
TB Nicola Fabrizi
3rd MAS Squadron
2 x MAS
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Barletta @
Mine-layer Vieste
Mine-layer Otranto
Mine-layer Gallipoli
Transport Ship Cherso
Transport Ship Lussino
Water Tanker Sesia
Water Tanker Garigliano
Water Tanker Tirso
Water Tanker Adige
Gunboat Cirene
Aegean Sea Naval Command
Rear Admiral Luigi Biancheri
4th Destroyer Squadron
DD Francesco Crispi
DD Quintino Sella
8th Torpedo-Boats Squadron
TB Lupo
TB Lince
TB Lira
TB Libra
3rd MAS Flottilla
15 x MAS
5th Submarine Group
51st Squadron
SS Narvalo
SS Squalo
SS Tricheco
SS Delfino
52nd Squadron
SS Jalea
SS Iantina
SS Ametista
SS Zaffiro
Auxiliary Units:
Mine-layer Lero @
Mine-layer Legnano
Gunboat Sonzini
Gunboat Caboto
Oil Tanker Cerere
Italian East Africa Naval Command
Rear Admiral Carlo Balsamo
Colonial Patrol Ship Eritrea
3rd Destroyer Squadron
DD Francesco Nullo
DD Nazaro Sauro
DD Cesare Battisti
DD Daniele Manin
5th Destroyer Squadron
DD Pantera
DD Tigre
DD Leone
Torpedo-Boats Detachment:
TB Giovanni Acerbi
TB Vincenzo Orsini
21st MAS Squadron
5 x MAS
8th Submarine Group
81st Squadron
SS Guglielmotti
SS Galileo Ferraris
SS Galileo Galilei
SS Luigi Galvani
82nd Squadron
SS Perla
SS Macalle’
SS Archimede
SS Evangelista Torricelli
Auxiliary Units:
Gunboat Porto Corsini
Gunboat Biglieri
Mine-layer Ostia
Oil Tanker Niobe
Water Tanker Sile
Water Tanker Sebeto
Water Tanker Bacchiglione
Naval GHQ directly-controlled auxiliaries:
Royal Yacht Aurora
Royal Yacht Savoia
Royal Yacht Illiria
Radio-controlled target-ship San Marco
Hydrographic Ship Ammiraglio Magnaghi
Hydrographic Ship Cariddi
Transport Ship Enrichetta
Transport Ship Tripoli
Transport Ship Vallelunga
Transport Ship Panigaglia
Transport Ship Asmara
Hospital Ship Aquileia
Cable-layer Citta’ di Milano
Cable-layer Giasone
Oil Tanker Tarvisio
Oil Tanker Brennero
Oil Tanker Urano
Oil Tanker Bronte
Oil Tanker Nettuno
Oil Tanker Giove
Oil Tanker Marte
Oil Tanker Stige
Tug Teseo
Tug Titano
Tug Ciclope
Tug Marettimo
Tug Luni
Tug Egadi
Tug Nereo
Tug Marsigli
Tug Montecristo
Symbol Definition
@ = civilian ship, requisitioned
(*) = Flagship
BB = Battleship
CA = Heavy Cruiser
CL = Light Crusier
DD = Destroyer
TB = Torpedo-Boat
(either obsolete Destroyers or more modern light escort units)
MAS = Fast Torpedo-Boat (Small, modern torpedo units)
