Italy

Italy (ITA) Ship Namelists

Source file: common/units/names_ships/ITA_ship_names.txt

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Overview

The Regia Marina was the largest navy in the Mediterranean between the wars. It fielded the Littorio-class fast battleships, the Zara-class heavy cruisers, the Condottieri and Capitani Romani light cruisers, more than a hundred destroyers and torpedo boats, and one of the world's largest submarine fleets. Its naming traditions were unusually systematic. Destroyer classes were named after winds, soldiers, virtues, writers and gold-medal commanders. Torpedo boats took stars, nymphs, storms and Garibaldi's Thousand, and scouts were named after navigators. Light cruisers honoured condottieri and Roman generals, heavy cruisers the cities "redeemed" in 1918, and submarines gems, metals, colonial battles and heroes.

Vanilla Hearts of Iron IV already carried a large Italian file. Its flaws:

• Mixed DD group: torpedo boats and scouts were folded into the destroyer list.
• Mislabelled "fictional" ships: several real older ships were marked fictional (the Regioni cruisers, Carlo Alberto Racchia, Irrequieto).
• Typos: Impetouso, Ruthenio, Lucio Cornelio Silla, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Dalmatia and Kismaayo.
• Duplicate: Astore appeared in both the destroyer and carrier lists.
• Thin capital-ship and carrier lists.

Immersive Ship Names Expanded separates these roles, restores the class lineages and extends every documented naming formula. It adds 13 thematic pools, four ideology-gated pools and six role pools for the Ship Designer.

Prefixes. Italy keeps vanilla's hull-specific prefixes: RCT (Regio Cacciatorpediniere) for destroyers, RI (Regio Incrociatore) for cruisers and battlecruisers, RN (Regia Nave) for battleships, carriers and pools, and RSmg (Regio Sommergibile) for submarines. The torpedo-boat pool uses the historical RT (Regia Torpediniera).

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Namelist Groups

Ship-Type Specific Category

Group Tag	Type	Ship Types	Sample Names
ITA_DD_HISTORICAL	Destroyers	ship_hull_light destroyer	Lampo, Folgore, Maestrale, Libeccio, Alpino, Bersagliere, Granatiere, Audace, Ardito, Impetuoso, Alfredo Oriani, Nazario Sauro, Premuda, Comandante Margottini, Comandante Moccagatta, Luigi Rizzo, Carlo Bergamini, Luigi Durand de la Penne, Teseo Tesei, Guglielmo Oberdan, Ugo Foscolo, Paracadutista, Invitto, Tramontana
ITA_SS_HISTORICAL	Submarines	ship_hull_submarine submarine ship_hull_midget_submarine ship_hull_cruiser_submarine	Pietro Calvi, Enrico Tazzoli, Perla, Ambra, Scirè, Adua, Barbarigo, Comandante Cappellini, Leonardo da Vinci, Guglielmo Marconi, Platino, Tritone, Flutto, Murena, Rutenio, Pietro Micca, Balilla, Enrico Toti, Salvatore Todaro, Primo Longobardo, Agata, Titanio
ITA_CL_HISTORICAL	Light Cruisers	ship_hull_cruiser light_cruiser	Alberto di Giussano, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Giovanni delle Bande Nere, Luigi Cadorna, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Eugenio di Savoia, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Attilio Regolo, Scipione Africano, Cornelio Silla, Venezia, Etna, Bari, Taranto, Libia, Francesco Sforza, Gattamelata, Fabio Massimo, Enrico Caviglia
ITA_CA_HISTORICAL	Heavy Cruisers	ship_hull_cruiser heavy_cruiser	Trento, Trieste, Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Pola, Bolzano, San Giorgio, San Marco, Pisa, Amalfi, Varese, Vettor Pisani, Marco Polo, Rovereto, Merano, Capodistria, Parenzo, Cherso, Lussino, Spalato, Traù
ITA_BB_HISTORICAL	Battleships	ship_hull_heavy battleship	Conte di Cavour, Giulio Cesare, Caio Duilio, Andrea Doria, Dante Alighieri, Vittorio Veneto, Roma, Italia, Regina Elena, Regina Margherita, Benedetto Brin, Re d'Italia, Formidabile, Patria, Risorgimento, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Francesco Petrarca, Giuseppe Verdi, Alessandro Volta
ITA_BC_HISTORICAL	Battlecruisers	ship_hull_heavy battle_cruiser	Francesco Caracciolo, Cristoforo Colombo, Marcantonio Colonna, Francesco Morosini, Ruggiero di Lauria, Affondatore, Serenissima, La Superba, Stato da Mar, Repubblica di Amalfi, Bucintoro, Lanterna, Meloria, Lepanto, Punta Stilo, Carlo Zeno, Lamba Doria, Paolo Thaon di Revel
ITA_CV_HISTORICAL	Aircraft Carriers	ship_hull_carrier carrier	Aquila, Sparviero, Giuseppe Miraglia, Europa, Grifone, Gheppio, Pellegrino, Falco della Regina, Aquila Reale, Gufo Reale, Icaro, Dedalo, Francesco De Pinedo, Arturo Ferrarin, Umberto Maddalena, Francesco Agello, Pier Ruggero Piccio, Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia

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Universal Thematic Topic Category (Ship Designer)

Universal selection pools available for any ship hull or squadron:

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ship Types	Sample Names
ITA_REGIONS	Regions	Universal	Piemonte, Lucania, Toscana, Venezia Giulia, Dalmazia, Istria, Friuli, Magna Grecia, Monferrato, Granducato di Toscana, Regno delle Due Sicilie, Maremma, Salento, Gallura, Valtellina
ITA_CITIES	Cities	Universal	Milano, Torino, Palermo, Firenze, Genova, Messina, Livorno, Cagliari, Siracusa, La Spezia, Portofino, Civitavecchia, Gaeta, Taormina, Alghero, Urbino
ITA_COLONIES	Colonies	Universal	Tripoli, Bengasi, Tobruk, Leptis Magna, Massaua, Asmara, Assab, Mogadiscio, Chisimaio, Addis Abeba, Harar, Rodi, Castelrosso, Valona, Tientsin
ITA_MYTHOLOGY	Mythology	Universal	Giove, Nettuno, Marte, Giano, Bellona, Tinia, Menrva, Nethuns, Enea, Turno, Palinuro, Romolo, Scilla, Cariddi, Colapesce, Orlando, Bradamante
ITA_BIRDS	Birds	Universal	Sterna, Albatro, Fenicottero, Martin Pescatore, Cavaliere d'Italia, Rondine, Usignolo, Pettirosso, Upupa, Gruccione, Corvo Imperiale, Civetta, Allocco
ITA_FISH	Aquatic Life	Universal	Tonno, Pesce Spada, Verdesca, Storione, Orata, Branzino, Triglia, Scorfano, Trota, Luccio, Capodoglio, Tursiope, Polpo, Aragosta, Cavalluccio Marino
ITA_RIVERS	Rivers & Lakes	Universal	Po, Adige, Ticino, Tagliamento, Brenta, Arno, Tevere, Volturno, Garigliano, Simeto, Tirso, Verbano, Lario, Benaco, Trasimeno, Bolsena
ITA_GEOGRAPHY	Geography	Universal	Monte Bianco, Cervino, Marmolada, Tre Cime, Gran Sasso, Maiella, Campi Flegrei, Capri, Ischia, Lampedusa, Pantelleria, Brennero, Stelvio, Stretto di Messina, Capo Passero
ITA_RULERS	Rulers	Universal	Numa Pompilio, Marco Aurelio, Costantino, Teodorico, Alboino, Liutprando, Federico II, Matilde di Canossa, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Francesco Foscari
ITA_HEROES	Heroes & Genius	Universal	Giordano Bruno, Cesare Beccaria, Sandro Botticelli, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Giacomo Puccini, Antonio Vivaldi, Enrico Fermi, Amedeo Avogadro, Vittorio Bottego, Carlo Pisacane, Anita Garibaldi
ITA_BATTLES	Battles	Universal	Zama, Campi Raudii, Metauro, Campaldino, Anghiari, Magenta, Bezzecca, Porta Pia, Cinque Giornate, Piave, Solstizio, Bainsizza, Beffa di Buccari, Nikolajewka
ITA_VIRTUES	Virtues	Universal	Ardire, Audacia, Valore, Coraggio, Fedeltà, Onore, Vittoria, Tenacia, Slancio, Abnegazione, Ardimento
ITA_NATURE	Weather & Skies	Universal	Burrasca, Tempesta, Procella, Tuono, Alba, Cometa, Via Lattea, Betelgeuse, Fomalhaut, Merope, Croce del Sud, Corona Boreale

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Ideology-Gated Pools (Ship Designer)

Each pool is available only while Italy has the matching government (can_use = { has_government = ... }); none is tied to a national focus.

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ideology	Sample Names
ITA_FASCISM	Fascist Regime	fascism	Littorio, Impero, Camicia Nera, Squadrista, Costanzo Ciano, Italo Balbo, Marcia su Roma, Mare Nostrum, Reggenza del Carnaro, Legione, Nizza, Malta
ITA_MONARCHISM	House of Savoy	neutrality	Umberto Biancamano, Conte Verde, Conte Rosso, Carlo Emanuele I, Vittorio Amedeo II, Carlo Felice, Principe di Piemonte, Croce Sabauda, Corona Ferrea, Re Galantuomo
ITA_REPUBLICAN_IDEALS	Republican Ideals	democratic	Repubblica Romana, Giovine Italia, Dio e Popolo, Libertà, Giuseppe Mazzini, Carlo Cattaneo, Giacomo Matteotti, Piero Gobetti, Carlo Rosselli, Alcide De Gasperi
ITA_SOCIALISM	Socialist Heroes	communism	Antonio Gramsci, Antonio Labriola, Andrea Costa, Filippo Turati, Anna Kuliscioff, Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Biennio Rosso, Ordine Nuovo, Primo Maggio, Bandiera Rossa

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Role-Specific Pools (Ship Designer)

Group Tag	Topic Name	Ship Types	Sample Names
ITA_TORPEDO_BOATS	Torpedo Boats	Universal	Spica, Sirio, Vega, Circe, Lupo, Ciclone, Ghibli, Ariete, Alabarda, Orsa, Pegaso, Rosolino Pilo, Giuseppe Sirtori, Giuseppe La Masa, Generale Antonio Cantore, Palestro, Curtatone, Stefano Türr
ITA_SCOUT_CRUISERS	Scout Cruisers	Universal	Alvise Da Mosto, Antonio Pigafetta, Nicolò Zeno, Leone, Tigre, Carlo Mirabello, Alessandro Poerio, Falco, Nibbio, Quarto, Nino Bixio, Amerigo Vespucci, Giovanni Caboto
ITA_CORVETTES	Corvettes	Universal	Gabbiano, Procellaria, Cormorano, Ape, Lucciola, Antilope, Camoscio, Artemide, Chimera, Minerva, Urania, Scimitarra, Baionetta, Colubrina
ITA_MINELAYERS	Minelayers	Universal	Azio, Ostia, Legnano, Milazzo, Dardanelli, Fasana, Buccari, Durazzo, Pelagosa, Barletta, Brioni, Lero, Monte Gargano
ITA_MONITORS	Monitors	Universal	Faà di Bruno, Alfredo Cappellini, Monte Santo, Sabotino, Monte Grappa, Monte Cengio, Montello, Carso, Pasubio
ITA_AUXILIARY_CRUISERS	Auxiliary Cruisers	Universal	RAMB I, RAMB II, Città di Napoli, Città di Palermo, Città di Tunisi, Arborea, Caralis, Lago Tana, Attilio Deffenu, Filippo Grimani

Every role pool follows a documented Regia Marina series:

• Torpedo boats (torpediniere): the Spica, Ciclone, Ariete and Orsa classes, plus the destroyers of the Pilo, Sirtori, La Masa, Generali, Palestro and Curtatone classes, reclassified as torpedo boats in 1929. The Garibaldini formula is extended with further members of the Thousand.
• Scout cruisers (esploratori): the Navigatori, Leone, Mirabello, Poerio and Aquila classes and the Quarto/Bixio scouts. The navigators formula is extended.
• Corvettes: the 60 planned Gabbiano class, named after seabirds, insects, mountain game, myth and ancient weapons.
• Minelayers: the Azio and Fasana classes and requisitioned motor ships.
• Monitors: WWI pontoni armati.
• Auxiliary cruisers: the RAMB ships and the Città di ferries.

The virtue-named Ciclone-class boats (Animoso, Ardito, Impavido and others) stay with the destroyers that first carried those names.

Roles considered and skipped:

• Minesweepers and MAS boats: numbered only.
• Seaplane tenders: only four names; Giuseppe Miraglia and Europa are in the carrier list.
• Training ships, state yachts and colonial avisos: too few names.
• Gunboats: no single naming formula.
• Midget, cruiser and minelaying submarine sub-types: numbered, or too few to reach the floor; the minelayers stay in the submarine list.

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Scope Notes

• Ideological names: names that are overtly tied to the Fascist regime left the historical hull lists and moved into ITA_FASCISM, alongside the irredentist claims of the 1930s. These are Littorio and Impero, the destroyers Camicia Nera and Squadrista, the submarines Michele Bianchi, Reginaldo Giuliani and Console Generale Liuzzi, and the canceled cruiser Costanzo Ciano (named in 1939 for the regime minister, though he was also a WWI gold-medal MAS commander). The battleship list keeps Italia, the name Littorio received in 1943.
• ITA_BB_HISTORICAL: follows the Dante Alighieri / Leonardo da Vinci formula of great Italians alongside the royal and state names of the ironclad and pre-dreadnought era. Leonardo da Vinci itself stays with the famous submarine.
• ITA_BC_HISTORICAL:
  • It holds the canceled Caracciolo class and the maritime republics under their realm titles (Serenissima, La Superba, Repubblica di Amalfi), so they do not collide with cruiser city names.
  • It also holds historic war vessels and fortresses, naval victories, and the admirals of Venice, Genoa and the Regia Marina.
• ITA_CA_HISTORICAL: extends the "redeemed cities" formula of the Trento and Zara classes across Trentino, Venezia Giulia, Istria and the Quarnero–Dalmatian coast. The fascist-era claims (Nizza, Corsica, Malta, Tunisi) are kept to the gated pool.
• Fallbacks: fallback names use the native terms in the indefinite nominative (Cacciatorpediniere, Incrociatore leggero, Corazzata, Torpediniera, Esploratore, Posamine).