Submarines

Mameli class

Goffredo Mameli

(1827-1849) Italian patriot and poet. He fought in the First War of Independence and with Garibaldi; he is the author of the lyrics of the Italian national anthem.

Pier Capponi

(1446-1496) Statesman of Florence under the Medici.

Giovanni da Procida

(1210-1298) Ruler of Procida in Sicily, follower of Manfredi, fought to free his island of the Angevin.

Tito Speri

(1825-1853) Italian patriot. He fought during the insurrection of Milan in 1848, captured by Austrian police in 1852 he was executed.

Settembrini class

Luigi Settembrini

(1813-1876) Italian patriot and writer.

Ruggiero Settimo

(1778-1863) Italian statesman, he was admiral of the fleet and minister of war under Ferdinand of Bourbon in the Kingdom of the two Sicilies.

Argo class

Argo

[Argus] Monster of Greek mythology with one hundred eyes.

Velella

Sea animal (similar to the medusa), it is commonly found in swarms floating on the Mediterranean Sea after the spring showers. It has a triangular excrescence similar to a sail (its name is derived from the latin velum = sail), from which its nickname Saint Peter's boat.

Pietro Micca class

Pietro Micca

(1677-1706) Italian patriot. He was in the army of Piedmont when Turin was put under siege by the French army, during the war for the Spanish Succession. He heroically died in the attempt to block the entry of the enemy into the Citadel, when he exploded a mine in underground tunnell.

Archimede class

Galileo Galilei

(1564-1642) Physicist, astronomer and philosopher. With Kepler he adopted the new geocentric vision of the universe, exposed by Copernicus; due to his ideas he was condemned by the Pope and forced to abjure his writings to save his life. His works are the fundamentals for Newton's great innovations in physics.

Galileo Ferraris

(1847-1897) Italian engineer and physicist. He studied the electromagnetism and discovered the principle of the rotating magnetic field, the basis of the modern electrical engines. To his name is dedicated the Italian National Electrotechnical Institute of Turin.

Brin class

Benedetto Brin

(1833-1898) Italian statesman, minister of the Navy and naval designer: he was the promoter of the rebirth of the Italian Navy and the naval industry. He designed the first big battleships (Duilio, 1873) and battlecruisers (Lepanto, 1885).

Alberto Guglielmotti

(1812-1893) Dominican friar, fan of naval history and author of many writings.

Luigi Galvani

(1737-1798) Italian scientist. He was a physician; he studied the effect of electricity on the muscles of frog legs. His name is now synonym of electricity.

Archimede

[Archimedes] (287-212 BC) Sicilian mathematician and physicist, one of the greatest of the ancient world. He studied and solved many mathematical and physical problems (length of the circle, lift of a body into a liquid, etc.).

Evangelista Torricelli

(1608-1647) Physicist and mathematician, follower of Galilei. He studied the infinitesimal calculus (then praised by Descartes, Pascal and Huygens), he was a father of hydrodinamics and studied the atmospheric pressure, discovering the possibility of the atmospheric void.

Liuzzi class

Console Generale Liuzzi

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Alpino Attilio Bagnolini

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Reginaldo Giuliani

(1887-1936) Military chaplain in Eastern Africa, he died in the battle of Tembien while trying to protect teh wounded from the enemy abuses; he received the golden medal to the memory.

Capitano Raffaele Tarantini

(1895-1936) Engineer and captain of the Italian Army during World War I, where he received four silver medals and one bronze medal, and war against Ethiopia. He died near Ascianghi, and received a golden medal to the memory.

Ettore Fieramosca class

Ettore Fieramosca

(?-1515) Nobleman of Capua, was the leader of the group of thirteen Italians that fought against thirteen French in the famous duel of Barletta.

Pisani class

Vittor Pisani

(1324-1380) Venetian admiral, was the commander of the fleet during the fourth war between Venice and Genoa.

Marcantonio Colonna

(1535-1584) Admiral of Pope Pius V, was the supreme commander of the papal fleet at the battle of Lepanto.

Giovanni Bausan

(1757-1825) Officer of the navy, was in the English fleet during the American war of independence, and then commander of the fleet of Naples under Bonaparte and Murat.

Ammiraglio de Geneys

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Bandiera class

Fratelli Bandiera

[Bandiera brothers] Attilio (1810-1844) and Emilio (1819-1844) Bandiera, Italian patriots of Venice. They tryied to start an insurrection in Southern Italy, but were betrayed, captured and executed.

Luciano Manara

(1825-1849) Italian patriot, fought during the insurrection of Milan and was chief of staff of Garibaldi.

Ciro Menotti

(1798-1831) Italian patriot, he was a liberal and tried to start a movement for the liberation of Modena, but was betrayed and executed.

Santorre di Santarosa

(1783-1825) Italian patriot, he was the leader of the insurrection of Piedmont in 1821. He was exiled in Switzerland, France and England; he died fighiting in the war of indipendence of Greece.

Squalo class

Squalo

[shark] Sea-fish, often large and dangerous.

Narvalo

[narwhal] An arctic cetacean about 6 meters long with the male having a long twisted ivory tusk.

Delfino

[dolphin] Sea animal similar to a porpoise.

Tricheco

[walrus] Large sea-animal of the arctic regions with two long tusks.

Glauco class

Glauco

[Glaucus] A character of Greek mythology.

Otaria

[otary] A sea-animal similar to a seal.

Foca class

Foca

[seal] Kinds of mammals of the sea with fur and flippers.

Zoea

[zoea] Sea animal, it is the larva of some Crustacea.

Atropo

[Atropos] On of the three Fates of the Greek mythology.

Bragadin class

Marcantonio Bragadin

(1523-1570) Admiral of the Venetian fleet, he was in Cyprus during the Turkish attack on the island. After the fall of the besieged Famagosta, he was captured and skinned alive.

Filippo Corridoni

(1887-1915) Italian socialist and syndacalist. He fought in the World War I, where he died. His silver medal to the memory was later changed in a golden one by Mussolini himself.

Balilla class

Balilla

Nickname of a boy, that on December 5, 1746 sparkled the insurrection of Genoa against the Austrian domination. During the Fascism his name was given to the young fascist boys.

Domenico Millelire

(1761-1827) Captain of the Sardinian navy, he was awarded the gold medal during the French attack on his island.

Enrico Toti

(1882-1916) Hero of the First World War, even if one legged he became a bersagliere. Died in action at Monfalcone and was awarded the gold medal.

Antonio Sciesa

(1814-1851) Italian patriot; his true name was Amatore Sciesa. He was executed by Austrian police because he distributed rivolutionary propaganda.

Calvi class

Pietro Calvi

(1817-1855) Italian patriot, he was a captain in the Austrian army, but resigned to defend Venice in 1849. He was arrested in 1853, while he was trying to start an insurrection, and executed.

Giuseppe Finzi

(1815-1886) Italian patriot and politician. In 1848 he joined the Garibaldi's army, he was captured and put in jail. In 1860 he became a member of parliament, and then a senator.

Enrico Tazzoli

(1812-1852) Italian patriot, was one of the leader of the Mantua's insurgence. He was arrested and executed.

Dandolo class

Dandolo

Noble family of Venice, since 10th century. It had four doge and many admirals of the fleet.

Veniero

Family of noblesman of Venice, since 11th century. Antonio (?-1400), Francesco (1490-1556) and Sebastiano (1496-1578) became doge (ruler) of Venice.

Provana

Ancient family of noblesmen of Piedmont. Andrea Provana (1511-1590) fought in the battle of Lepanto.

Mocenigo

Family of noblesmaen of Venice, that had great importance in the political, military, religious and cultural history of the city. It gave seven doge (the ruler of Venice) to the republic.

Barbarigo

Noble family of Venice. Marco (1413-1486) and Agostino (1419-1501) Barbarigo were doge of the Venetian Republic.

Morosini

Family of Venetian noblesmen, since 11th century. Four members of the family became doge of Venice and 26 became Procurator of Saint Mark.

Marcello class

Nani

Family of noblesmen of Venice, since 1195. Giacomo Nani (1725-1797) was designer of the defences of Venice, used during the 1848-49 war.

Marcello

Family of noblesmen of Venice. Niccolò Marcello (1398-1474) was doge (ruler) of Venice.

Emo

Family of noblesmen of Venice, since the XII century. Angelo Emo (1731-1792), the most famous was an admiral of the fleet.

Comandante Cappellini

Alfredo Cappellini (1828-1866) He was the commander of the warship Palestro at the battle of Lissa. He died with his ship and was awarded the gold medal.

Comandante Faà di Bruno

Emilio Faà di Bruno (1820-1866) He was the commander of the ship Re d'Italia at the battle of Lissa. He died during the action, his ship rammed by the Austrian flagship Ferdinand Max; was awarded the gold medal.

Marconi class

Guglielmo Marconi

(1874-1937) Italian scientist and inventor, the father of radio communications. He won the Nobel Prize in 1909, together with K. F. Braun.

Leonardo da Vinci

(1452-1519) One of the greatest genius of Italian Renaissance. He was a painter, an architect, a scientist and an inventor.

Michele Bianchi

(1883-1930) Italian politician, one of the founder of the Fascist Party in Italy. He was leader of the party in 1924, and minister till his death.

Luigi Torelli

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Maggiore Francesco Baracca

(1888-1918) Ace of the Italian Air Force in the First World War. He shot down 34 enemy airplanes, but was downed by Austrian infantry and awarded the gold medal.

Alessandro Malaspina

(1754-1810) Italian explorer and seafarer. He commanded a Spanish scientific expedition around the world. In five years, he sailed from Cadis to South America, to Alaska (where a glacier has his name), Philippines and Australia.

Argonauta class

Argonauta

[paper nautilus] A pelagic cephalopod (genus Argonauta) of which the female has a delicate papery shell.

Fisalia

[physalia] A marine floating coelenterate forming the sea plancton, with stinging cells and living in the southern oceans.

Medusa

[jelly-fish] A free-swimming marine coelenterate that has a nearly transparent saucer-shaped body and extensile marginal tentacles studded with stinging cells.

Serpente

[snake] Any of numerous limbless scaled reptiles with a long tapering body.

Salpa

[salpa] Any of various transparent barrel-shaped or fusiform free-swimming tunicates abundant in warm seas.

Jalea

 

Jantina

[ianthina] Family of small floating gastropod mollusks with a fragile violet translucent shell.

Sirena class

Sirena

[siren] Female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing.

Anfitrite

[Amphitrite] Ancient Greek goddes of the sea, wife of Poseidon and daughter of Nereus.

Galatea

Daughter of Nereus, goddes of the sea. Her name means white as the sea foam.

Naiade

[naiad] Any of the nymphs in classical mythology living in and giving life to lakes, rivers, springs, and fountains.

Nereide

One of the fifty mythologic daughter of Nereus, goddes of the sea.

Ondina

[undine] An elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus inhabiting water.

Rubino

[ruby] A red precious stone.

Smeraldo

[emerald] Bright green precious stone.

Topazio

[topaz] Transparent yellow mineral.

Ametista

[amethyst] Precious stone which is purple or violet.

Zaffiro

[sapphire] Bright blue precious stone.

Diamante

[diamond] Brilliant precious stone, the hardest substance known.

Perla class

Perla

[pearl] Silvery-white or bluish-white round deposit found inside the shells of some oysters, valued as a gem.

Gemma

[gem] Precious stone or jewel, esp cut or polished.

Berillo

[beryl] Mineral based on the chemical element beryllium.

Diaspro

[jasper] Semi-precious stone, red, yellow or brown.

Turchese

[turquoise] Greenish-blue precious stone.

Corallo

[coral] Hard, red, pink or white substance built on the seabed by small creatures.

Ambra

[amber] Hard, clear yellowish-brown gum used for making ornaments.

Onice

[onyx] Sorts of quartz in layers of different colours, used for ornaments, on jewellery.

Iride

[iris] Kinds of flowering plant with sword-shaped leaves.

Malachite

[malachite] Kind of green stone used for ornaments.

Adua class

Adua

[Adawa] Town in Ethiopia, theater of a battle (1 March 1896) during the Italian-Abyssinian War.

Axum

Town in Northen Ethiopia, capital of an ancient kingdom (the Axumite Empire).

Aradam

Mountain (Amba Aradam) in Ethiopia where was fought a battle (10-15 February 1936) during the Italian-Ethiopian War.

Alagi

Mountain (Amba Alagi) in Eritrea where was fought a battle (7 Dicember 1895) during the Italian-Abyssinian War and one (28 February 1936) during the Italian-Ethiopian War.

Macallé

Town in Ethiopia where were fought a battle (Dicember 1895 - January 1896) during the Italian-Abyssinian War and one (3-8 November 1935) during the Italian-Ethiopian War.

Gondar

Town in Ethiopia, theater of a battle (1 April 1936) during the War between Italy and Ethiopia.

Neghelli

Place in Ethiopia, theater of a battle (18-20 January 1936) during the War between Italy and Ethiopia.

Ascianghi

Lake in Ethiopia were was fought a battle (31 March - 4 April 1936) during the War between Italy ad Ethiopia.

Dessié

[Dasye] City of Ethiopia, capital of the Walla province.

Dagabur

Place between Somalia and Ethiopia was fought a battle (30 April 1936) during the Italian-Ethiopian War.

Uarsciek

[Warsikh] Port of Benadir in Somalia, where an Italian mission was slain by the natives.

Uebi-Scebeli

The main river (Wabi) of East Africa, explored by Italian missions.

Scirè

Region of northern Ethiopia where was fought a battle (February-March 1936) during the Italian-Ethiopian War.

Tembien

Mountain region in northern Ethiopia where were fought two battles (20-24 January and 27-29 February 1936) during the War between Italy and Ethiopia.

Durbo

[Dhurbo] A Somali coastal town on the Gulf of Aden.

Lafolé

Village in Somalia, where an Italian expedition was slain (25-26 November 1896).

Beilul

[Beylul or Beilil] A town in Ertitrea on the Red Sea.

Acciaio class

Platino

[platinum] grey metal used for jewellery and mixed with other metals for use in industry.

Acciaio

[steel] Hard alloy of iron and carbon or othe relements.

Alabastro

[alabaster] Soft, white stone like marble in appearance, used for ornaments.

Argento

[silver] Shining white metal used for ornaments, coins, etc.

Asteria

[asteriated corundum] A variety of corundum with asterism, used as a gem.

Avorio

[ivory] White substance forming the tusks of elephants.

Bronzo

[bronze] Alloy of copper and tin.

Cobalto

[cobalt] Chemical element of bluish color.

Giada

[jade] Hard, usually green stone, carved into ornaments.

Granito

[granite] Hard, usually grey, stone used for buildings.

Nichelio

[nickel] Hard, silver-white metal used in alloys.

Porfido

[porphyry] Name used to identify various kinds of hard stones of vulcanic origin.

Volframio

[wolframium] Synonym of the chemical element tungsten, discovered by Wolfram.

Cagni class

Ammiraglio Cagni

Umberto Cagni (1863-1932) Italian admiral and explorer. After many explorations (Alaska, North Pole, Nile river), he was admiral of the Italian fleet during the First World War.

Ammiraglio Saint Bon

Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon (1828-1892), Italian admiral. He was awarded the gold medal at Lissa. He became minister of the navy and was the reformer of the new formed Italian navy.

Ammiraglio Millo

Enrico Millo di Casalgiate (1865-1930), admiral of the Italian navy. He fought during the war between Italy and Turkey (1911-12) and during the First World War.

Ammiraglio Caracciolo

Francesco Caracciolo (1752-1799), Admiral of the Napolitan navy. When Nelson ordered to scuttled the fleet, he joined the new republic. Captured, he was condemned and put to death.

Flutto class

Tritone

[triton] A large marine gastropod mollusk with a heavy elongated conical shell.

Gorgo

[whirlpool] Place where there are circular currents in the sea.

Flutto

[billow] Great wave of the sea.

Marea

[tide] Regular rise and fall of the level of the sea, caused by the attraction of the moon.

Vortice

[eddy] Circular or spiral movement.

Nautilo

[nautilus] A cephalopod mollusk of the South Pacific and Indian Oceans with a spiral chambered shell that is pearly on the inside.

Sparide

A family of sea-fishes used for food: it comprises the salpa and sargo fish.

Murena

[moray] Sea fish similar to a snake that lives among the rocks.

Grongo

[conger eel] Ocean eel of large size.

Cernia

Large sea fish used for food.

Dentice

[dentex] Excellent fish used for food.

Spigola

[bass] Kinds of fish (perch) used as food, caught in rivers, lakes and in the sea.

Alluminio

[aluminium] Light, white metal, used for saucepans, electrical apparatus, etc.

Antimonio

[antimony] Metal chemical element, found in minerals.

Fosforo

[phosphorus] Yellow, non-metallic, poisonous element like wax which catches fire easily and gives out a faint light in the dark.

Manganese

[manganese] Hard, brittle, light-grey metal used in making steel, glass, etc.

Silicio

[silicon] Non-metallic chemical element occurring in powdered or crystal form.

Zolfo

[sulphur] Light yellow non-metallic element that burns with a bright flame and a strong smell, used in medicine and industry.

Bario

[barium] A white-silver toxic bivalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group used in alloys.

Cadmio

[cadmium] A bluish white malleable ductile toxic bivalent metallic element used especially in protective platings and in bearing metals

Cromo

[chromium] A blue-white metallic element used especially in alloys and in electroplating .

Ferro

[iron] Commonest of all metallic elements.

Iridio

[iridium] A silver-white hard brittle very heavy metallic element.

Litio

[lithium] A soft silver-white element of the alkali metal group, used in chemical synthesis and storage batteries.

Oro

[gold] Precious yellow metal used for making coins, ornaments, jewellery, etc.

Ottone

[brass] An alloy consisting essentially of copper and zinc in variable proportions.

Piombo

[lead] A heavy soft malleable ductile plastic but inelastic bluish white metallic element.

Potassio

[potassium] A silver-white soft light low-melting univalent metallic element of the alkali metal group

Rame

[copper] A common reddish metallic element that is ductile and malleable and is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity.

Rutenio

[ruthenium] A hard brittle grayish polyvalent rare metallic element occurring in platinum ores and used in hardening platinum alloys.

Sodio

[sodium] A silver white soft waxy ductile element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature.

Vanadio

[vanadium] A grayish malleable ductile metallic element found combined in minerals and used especially to form alloys.

Zinco

[zinc] Hard, bluish-white metal used in alloys.

Attinio

[actinium] A radioactive trivalent metallic element that resembles lanthanum in chemical properties.

Azoto

[nitrogen] Gas without colour, taste or smell, forming about four fifths of the earth's atmosphere.

Bromo

[bromine] A nonmetallic halogen element that is isolated as a deep red corrosive toxic volatile liquid of disagreeable odor.

Carbonio

[carbon] A non-metallic chiefly tetravalent element, that occurs in all living matter.

Elio

[helium] Light, colourless gas that does not burn.

Molibdeno

[molybdenum] A metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in many properties.

Osmio

[osmium] A hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group with a high melting point.

Ossigeno

[oxygen] Chemical element, gas without colour, taste or smell, forming about one fifth of the earth's atmosphere.

Plutonio

[plutonium] Radioactive element used in nuclear reactors and weapons.

Radio

[radium] An intensely radioactive brilliant white metallic element that resembles barium chemically.

Selenio

[selenium] A nonmetallic element that resembles sulfur and tellurium chemically.

Tungsteno

[tungsten] A gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element, used especially for electrical purposes and in alloys.

Romolo class

Romolo

[Romulus] A son of Mars, the legendary first king and founder of Ancient Rome.

Remo

[Remus] A son of Mars slain by his twin brother Romulus.