Regia Marina: Names of Capital Ships


Battleships

Cavour class

Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour
[Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour] (1810-1861) - Italian statesmen, Prime Minister of Piedmontese Kingdom (1852), and then of the newly formed Italian Kingdom (1861); the greatest Italian politician of the time and promoter of the Italian unification
Giulio Cesare
[Gaius Julius Caesar] (100-44 B.C.) Roman general, statesman, & writer; made military reputation in Gaul (58-50); led army across Rubicon (49) in defiance of senate and moved against Pompey; Roman dictator (from 49); murdered by group including Brutus and Cassius on ides of March.

Doria class

Caio Duilio
[Caius Duilius] - Roman consul in 260 BC, commander of the fleet, winner at Milazzo against the Carthaginian fleet, the first great naval victory of Rome. He equipped the Roman ships with the famous corvus weapon.
Andrea Doria, Principe di Melfi
[Andrew Doria, Prince of Melfi] (1466-1560) - Captain of fortune and leader, fought mostly for the rulers of Genoa.

Littorio class

Vittorio Veneto
Italian town near Treviso, where was fought a decisive battle for Italy in World War I (24 October - 4 November 1918).
Littorio
[of the lictor] - Word that refers mostly to the "lictor's fasces" simbol of the Roman Empire; it became synonym of the Fascism.
Roma
[Rome] - City in central Italy, capital of the ancient Republic of Rome, and then of the Kingdom of Italy.
Impero
[Empire] - Refers to the ancient Roman Empire.

Carriers

no class

Aquila
[Eagle] - Large, strong bird of prey of the falcon family.
Sparviero
[Sparrow-hawk] - Strong, swift, bird of prey.