Real Marina (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies)

Royal Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Real Marina del Regno delle Due Sicilie
Coat of arms of the Real Marina
Active1816–1861
AllegianceKingdom of the Two Sicilies
TypeNavy
Insignia
Pennant

The Royal Navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: Real Marina del Regno delle Due Sicilie) was the navy of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Along with the army of the Two Sicilies, it formed the kingdom's armed forces. The navy was the most important of the Italian navies prior to the unification of Italy and Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour made it the model of the new Italian Regia Marina after the Kingdom of Italy's annexation of the Two Sicilies.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.