List of ships called Caio Duilio
The name Caio Duilio was given to several ships of the Italian Navy.
Origin of name
Gaius Duilius is named after Gaius Duilius , a Roman politician and naval leader who won the naval battle of Mylae (260 BC) in the First Punic War thanks to innovative boarding bridges , thereby breaking the naval rule of Carthage .
Name bearer
designation | Ship type | Class / type | Construction year | Shipyard | Owner | period of service | Whereabouts | image |
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Caio DuilioReceipt ? | Tower ship | Caio Duilio class | 1880 | R. Cantiere Castellammare di Stabia | Marina Regia | 1880 to 1909 | Fuel dump, then scrapped | |
Caio Duilio | Battleship | Caio Duilio class | 1913 | R. Cantiere Castellammare di Stabia | Marina Regia | 1915 to 1956 | Scrapped in 1957 | |
Caio DuilioReceipt ? | cruiser | Andrea Doria class | 1962 | Navalmeccanica Castellammare di Stabia | Marina Militare | 1964 to 1990 | scrapped | |
Caio DuilioReceipt ? | destroyer | Horizon class | 2007 | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso, Muggiano | Marina Militare | since 2010 | active |