8. Italian Navy
Aircraft carrier – 2
Nuclear submarine – 0
Amphibious assault ship – 3
Conventional submarine – 8
Cruiser – 0
Destroyer – 4
Frigates – 14
After the World War 2, the Italian Navy, one of the strongest navies in the world, was left in a sorry state. Although the majority of its ships survived the war, 5 battleships among them, most of them were divided as reparations between the winners. The ships were divided among other things and according to the peace treaty, Italia was forbidden from building and operating any aircraft carriers. Those stipulations were later relaxed, due to importance of Italian strategic position and today they operate two carriers, Cavour and much smaller Giuseppe Garibaldi, slated to be replaced in 2022 with a brand new 32,000 tons Trieste, the largest ship in Italian inventory since the end of the war, to be laid down in 2017.
