This is a list of active Italian Navy ships. The navy maintains approximately 181 ships in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. Ocean going fleet units include: 2 aircraft carriers, 3 small 8,000-tonne amphibious transport docks, 3 air-defence destroyers, 4 general-purpose frigates, 6 anti-submarine frigates, and 8 attack submarines. Patrol and littoral warfare units include 2 light patrol frigate, 10 offshore patrol vessels and two corvettes. In support of the fleet there are 10 mine countermeasure vessels, 6 coastal patrol boats/special forces patrol boats and various auxiliary ships. The total displacement of the Italian Navy is approximately 275,000 tonnes.
Auxiliary fleet.
The Italian Navy keeps in service a number of auxiliary and support ships. These include:
Fleet on order.
The Italian navy is expanding its fleet by bringing back to line some new patrol ships for the ones that were not replaced, and will replace each other ships that need to be replaced.
Support and auxiliary ships.
Note: the adjudication to Cimolai for 5 azimuth thruster tugboat for €30.55 million was cancelled and re-assigned to SIMAN for 4 (+ 2 on option) Seagoing tugboat
Future orders.
Investments financed by the parliament.
Ships planned considered in the 2023-2025 investment plan.
This list only includes the future investments that were approved by the parliament, but that haven't yet been contracted.
Expected investments.
This list only includes plans of future investments that are official, but that haven't yet been financed by the parliament.
See also.
Other maritime organisations of Italy:
References.
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