The Constitution of the Italian Republic (Italian: Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana) was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947, with 453 votes in favour and 62 against. The text, which has since been amended sixteen times, [citation needed] was promulgated in an extraordinary edition of Gazzetta Ufficiale on 27 December 1947. The …

The navy of Italy was created in 1861, following the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, as the Regia Marina.The new navy's baptism of fire came during the Third Italian War of Independence against the Austrian Empire.During the First World War, it spent its major efforts in the Adriatic Sea, fighting the Austro-Hungarian Navy.In the Second World War, it engaged the Royal Navy in …