t : 4 vessels – 1708 t : 5 vessels – 1550 t R class: 2 vessels – 2210 t : 1 vessel – 1556 t : 1st series: 8 vessels – 958 t 2nd series: 8 vessels – 958 t : 3 vessels – 1333 t : 2 vessels – 1055 t : 4 vessels – 1187 t : 3 vessels – 830 t : 11 vessels – 1063 t : 6 vessels – 1195 t : 1 vessel – 1570 t : 4 vessels – 880 t : 2 vessels – 953 t : 4 vessels – 933 t Auxiliary cruisers : 4 vessels (only 2 converted to auxiliary cruisers) – 3,667 t Ranks and ratings of the Navy Fleet forces Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Technical services Enlisted ratings, non-commissioned officers and warrant officers Comune di 2ª classe – Seaman apprentice (historical equivalent in the British Navy, ordinary seaman) Comune di 1ª classe – Seaman (historical equivalent in the British Nave, able bodied seaman) Sottocapo – Leading seaman Sergente – Petty officer 2nd class Secondo capo – Petty officer 1st class Capo di terza classe – Chief petty officer 2nd class Capo di seconda classe – Chief petty officer 1st class Capo di prima classe – Warrant officer Officers Aspirante – Aspirant (roughly equivalent to midshipman in the British Navy) Sottotenente (Sublieutenant) – Second Lieutenant Tenente – Lieutenant Primo Tenente – First Lieutenant Capitano – Captain Primo Capitano – First Captain Maggiore – Major Tenente Colonello – Lieutenant Colonel Colonello – Colonel Colonello Comandante – Colonel commandant Maggiore Generale – Major General Tenente Generale – Lieutenant general Generale ispettore – General Gallery See also Concessions in Tianjin List of battleships of Italy Royal Italian Army Regia Aeronautica Italian Co-Belligerent Navy Naval history of World War II List of ships of the Second World War References Notes Citations Bibliography Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, London, Conway Maritime Press (1979), Borghese, Junio Valerio (1952). Sea Devils, translated into English by James Cleugh, with introduction by the United States Naval Institute Coggins, Jack The Campaign for North Africa. New York, Doubleday & Company (1980) . Garibaldi, Luciano. Century of War. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. New York, 2001. Greene, Jack & Massignani, Alessandro (1998). The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943, Chatham Publishing, London. Mollo, Andrew.