THE SARDINIAN ARMY AND NAVY IN 1854 

By Mark Conrad, 1994. 

 

The Sardinian expeditionary force sent to the Crimea in 1855 was made up of detachments drawn from the various peacetime units. The details of these provisional battalions and regiments can be found in the excellent booklet Crimean War Basics, Part One, by Cox and Lenton. This article, though, presents the prewar organization which was the basis for the Sardinian contingent sent to the Crimea. The source is the Annuario Militare Ufficiale dello Stato Sardo per l’Anno 1854, published by the Ministero di Guerra in Torino. A copy is held by the New York Public Library. The information in the Annuario Militare was supposed to be current as of 1 January 1854. Place names are given in Italian, so the reader may need to be reminded that Torino is Turin, Genova is Genoa, and Nizza is Nice (now in France). 

 

Guards 

 

Compagnia delle Guardie del Corpo di Sua Maesta, Col. cavaliere Carlo Cordero di Belvedere; garrison: Torino. Hat with decoration and a plume of capon feathers, scarlet collar and facings with two loops of silver embroidery, dark-blue pants with a scarlet cloth stripe down the side. Officers’ distinctions – cartridge-pouch with a crossbelt trimmed in silver. Musket. The body of this company was about 50 sub-lieutenants called guardie semplici. 

 

Compagnia delle Guardie Reali del Palazzo, Lt. Col. cavaliere Camillo Solano di Villanova; garrison: Torino. Hat with decoration, scarlet collar and facings with two loops of gold lace, dark-blue pants with a scarlet stripe down the side. Sergeants’ distinctions – cartridge-pouch with crossbelt. Musket. The body of this company was about 90 non-commissioned officers. 

 

Staff 

 

Corpo Reali di Stato Maggiore (the General Staff); Comandante General del Corpo Maj. Gen. cavaliere Enrico Morozzo della Rocca; headquarters: Torino. Hat with decoration and a dark-blue falling plume, dark-blue collar and facings with an embroidered gold loop, dark-blue pants with gold lace and dark-blue stripe down the side, gold appointments and trim. This corps was made up of a Corpo d’Uffiziale and an Ufficio Topografico. 

 

Divisioni e Sotto-Divisioni Militari, Comandi Militari Provinciali e delle Fortezze (Military Divisions and Sub-Divisions, Military Commands of Provinces and Fortresses). Staff members wear a hat with decoration, dark-blue collar and facings with gold embroidered buttonholes, gold appointments. Distinctions according to rank. 

Divisione di Torino, General of the Army cavaliere Ettore Gerbaix de-Sonnaz. Cities and Provinces of: Torino (Comandante Col. cavaliere Bernardo Mezzena), Biella (Lt. Col. cavaliere Carlo Goria), Ivrea (Lt.Col. marchese Filippo Augusto Paulucci), Pinerolo (Lt. Col. cavaliere Agostino Giusiana), Susa (Lt. Col. conte Sulpizio Savin de Bosses), Aosta (Maj. cavaliere Michele Papa di Costigliole), Cuneo (Lt. Col cavaliere Gaetano Molmatti), Alba (Lt. Col. Giovanni Pietro Anselmi), and Mondovi (Lt. Col conte Eusebio Mayno di Capriglio). Citadel of Torino (the colonel commanding the garrison’s infantry regiment); Fortress of: Fenestrelle (the lieutenant colonel commanding the Corpo del Cacciatori Franchi), Fortress d’Exilles (Maj. nobile Teodoro Alberti). 

 

Divisione di Savoia; Lt. Gen. cavaliere Ardingo Trotti. City of Chambéry and Province of Savoia-Propria (Lt. Col. cavaliere Bernardino Vallino); City of Albertville and Province of Alta-Savoia (Lt. Col. Giovanni Maria De Coucy); City of Thonon and Province of Chiablese (Lt. Col. cavaliere Giovanni Giuseppe Crud); City of Bonneville and Province of Faucigny (Lt. Col. Francesco Paul); City of S. Giovanni Moriana and Province of Moriana (Maj. Gaspare Verani); City of Annecy and Province of Genevese (Lt. Col. Antonio Giovanni Battista Bellando); City of Moutiers and Province of Tarantasia (Maj. Pietro Antonio Gerard-Piolan); Fortress of Lesseillon (Lt. Col. Francesco Gazzera). 

 

Divisione d’Alessandria; Lt. Gen. cavaliere Giovanni Durando. City, Province, and Citadel of Alessandria (Col. cavaliere Leopoldo Rasini di Mortigliengo); Cities and Provinces of: Acqui (Col. cavaliere Bonifacio Bigliani), Asti (Col. cavaliere Maurizio Falletti di Villafalletto), Tortona (Col. barone Casimiro De Benst), Casale (Lt. Col. cavaliere Stefano Fornaca), and Voghera (Lt. Col. Gaspare Dupuy). 

 

Divisione di Genova; Lt. Gen. cavaliere Alessandro Gerrero della Marmora. City, Province, and forts of Genova (Col. cavaliere Giovanni Batttista Comola); Cities and Provinces of: Albenga (Lt. Col. Don Felice Maria Nailer), Bobbio (Lt. Col. Cassimiro Serralunga), Chiavari (Lt. Col. cavaliere Bartolomeo Aitelli), Spezia (Lt. Col. Maj. cavaliere Emilio Rocci), Novi (Lt. Col. Allesandro Cavalli), and Savona (Lt. Col. Francesco Gianolio); Forte di Gavi (Maj. Luigi Casalis). 

 

Sotto-Divisione di Novara; the major general commanding the garrison’s brigade. Cities and Provinces of: Novara (Lt. Col. cavaliere Francesco Allasia), Pallanza (Lt. Col. Prospero Gavuzzi), and Vercelli (Lt. Col. cavaliere Giuseppe Raybaudi della Cainea); City of Mortara and Province of Lomellina (Lt. Col. cavaliere Sesare della Chiesa di Cervignasco); City of Domogossola and Province of Ossola (Lt. Col. Francesco Reyna); City of Varallo and Province of Valesia (Maj. Annibale Sapelli). 

 

Sotto’Divmone of Nizza; the major general commanding the garrisoned brigade; Cities and Provinces of Nizza (Nice) (Lt.Col. cavaliere Carlo Ruggero Bellegarde), Oneglia (Maj. cavaliere Benedetto Costa Raschieri), and S. Remo (Lt. Col. conte Giacomo Corti); Forts of Villafranca (Maj. conte Carlo Felice Vacha di Piè di Cavallo) and Ventimiglia (Maj. conte Luigi Burotti di Scagnello). 

 

Principality of Monaco; Comandante Generale Prince Florestano of Monaco. 

 

Divisione dell’Isola di Sardegna (Island of Sardinia); Cities and Provinces of Cagliari (Lt. Col. Don Rafaele Salazar), Iglesias (Maj. cavaliere Don Giuseppe Maria Roych), Oristano (Maj. cavaliere Agostino Carchero); Isili (Capt Gavino Campus); Sassari (Lt. Col. cavaliere Francesco della Chiesa della Forre); Lanusei (Maj. Antonio Soldi); Cuglieri (Capt. Don Antonio Maramaldo della Minerva); Tempio (Maj. Andrea Novara); Ozieri (Lt. Col. cavaliere Francesco Cao); and Nuoro (Lt. Col. Don Vincenzo Corte). Districts: San’antioco (Lieut. Antonio Bardi), Fort Carlo and Isola di S. Pietro (Lieut. Giuseppe Marchetti), Isola di S. Teresa (Lieut. Lorenzo Rugiu). Fortification (Piazza forte) of Alghero (Lt. Col. cavaliere Don Giuseppe Castelli). 

 

 

Carabinieri 

 

Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali; Comandante del Corpo Maj. Gen. cavaliere Federico Lovera Demaria; headquarters (Statto maggiore) in Torino. Hat with decoration and blue and red plume, dark-blue coat with collar and facings of the same color, decorated with two small silver lace loops, scarlet turnbacks, dark-blue pants with a scarlet stripe down the side, silver epaulettes, white braided cords. Divisioni of Torino (Maj. cavaliere Trofino Arnulfi), Savoia (Maj. cavaliere Ferdinando Martin-Montù Beccaria), Alessandria (Maj. cavaliere Giovanni Battisti De-Bardy), Genova (Lt. Col. cavaliere Telemaco Ceva di Nuceto), Cuneo (Col. cavaliere Pietro Corsi di Bosnasco), Novara (Maj. cavaliere Giuseppe Demagistris), and Nizza (Capt. marchese Filippo Ollandi).

  

Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali di Sardegna; Comandante del Corpo Col. cavaliere Antonio Martino Massida; headquarters in Cagliari. Blue kepi with horsehair plume, blue collar and facings, grey pants with a dark-blue stripe down the side, silver epaulettes, white braided cords. Divisioni of Cagliari (Lt. Col. cavaliere Don Giovanni Battisti Serpi) and Sassari (Maj. Giovanni Battisti Rebaudengo). 

 

 

Infantry 

 

Brigata Granatieri di Sardegna (Sardinian Grenadier Brigade); Maj. Gen. conte Marcello Gianotti; garrison: Genova. Dark-blue kepi, scarlet collar with white lace, scarlet piping, grey pants.
     1o Reggimento dei Granatieri di Sardegna; Lt.Col. conte Augusto Massa di S. Biagio.
     2o Reggimento dei Granatieri di Sardegna; Col. cavaliere Roberto Morozzo della Rocca. 

 

Brigata Savoia; Maj. Gen. conte Umberto Jaillet de S. Cergues. Dark-blue kepi, special scarlet cravatte, black velvet collar, scarlet piping, grey pants.
    1o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. Luigi Francesco Perrier; garrison: Novara (one company detached to Arona and another to Mortara).
    2o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Luigi Mudry; garrison: Vercelli (two battalions detached to Casale and one company to Biella). 

 

Brigata Piemonte; Col. conte Giacomo Carderina. Dark-blue kepi, scarlet collar scarlet piping along the buttons of the tunic, down the skirt, and on the cuff-flaps, grey pants.
    3o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Agostino Gastinelli; garrison: Chambery.
    4o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Domenico Cuchiarri; garrison: Annecy) (one company detached to Thonon, one to Bonneville, one to Moutiers, one to Pontbeauvoisin, and two to Albertville). 

 

Brigata Aosta; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Georgio Ansaldi; garrison: Torino. Particulars as for Brigata Piemonte except for the scarlet piping along the buttons and skirt of the tunic.
     5o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Annibale Arnaldi.
    6o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. Alessandro Plocchiu. 

 

Brigata Cuneo; Col. cavaliere Paolo Antonio Decavero; garrison: Alessandria (one company detached to Gavi (Novi) and another to Bobbio). Dark-blue kepi, crimson collar and piping, grey pants.
     7o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Luigi Filippo Gozzani di Treville.
     8o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. cavaliere Enrico Cerale.

 

Brigata la Regina; Col. cavaliere Luigi Scoziadi Calliano. Dark-blue kepi, white collar, white piping along the buttons of the chest, the skirt of the tunic, and on the cuff-flaps, grey pants.
     9o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. nobile Giovanni Francesco de Rolland; garrison: Cagliari.
     10o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. Carlo Camerana; garrison: Sassari.

 

Brigata Casale; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Don Agostino Fara; garrison: Nizza (one battalion in Monaco, two companies at Ventimiglia, one at Oneglia, and another at Mentone). Dark-blue kepi, yellow collar, yellow piping along the buttons of the chest, the skirt of the tunic, and on the cuff-flaps, grey pants.
     11o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. cavaliere Lorenzo Vittorio Filippi.
     12o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. Matteo Gaspare Bruno. 

 

Brigata Pinerolo; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Luigi Damiano; garrison: Alessandria. Like Brigata Savoia except for the cravatte which is black as for all the other regiments, instead of being scarlet.
     13o Reggimento di Fanteria, Col. conte Massimo Bocchiardo di S. Vitale.
     14o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Enrico Cialdini.

 

Brigata Savona; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Pietro Pilo-Boyl di Putifigari; garrison: Genova. Like Brigata la Regina except for the white piping along the buttons and skirt of the tunic.
     15o Reggimento di Fanteria; Lt. Col. cavaliere Luigi Bianchis di Pomaretto.
     16o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Alessandro Luigi de S. Pierre. 

 

Brigata d’Acqui; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Vittorio Delfino; garrison: Torino. Like Brigata Casale except for the yellow piping along the buttons and skirt of the tunic.
     17o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Filiberto Mollard.
     18o Reggimento di Fanteria; Col. cavaliere Alessandro Danesi. 

 

Corpo dei Bersaglieri; comandante del corpo Col. cavaliere Giuseppe Savant; headquarters in Cuneo. Hemispherical hat with a round, broad brim and a plume of capon feathers hanging down on the right side, dark-blue wool tunic, crimson collar and trim, dark-blue wool jacket, dark-blue cloak, dark-blue pants, green woolen cords.
     1o Battaglione - Maj. cavaliere Vincenzo Radicati di Primeglio.
     2o Battaglione - Maj. Luigi Vincenzo Galli.
     3o Battaglione - also Maj. Galli.
     4o Battaglione - Maj. Giovanni Morand.
     All four of the first battalions were headquartered in Cuneo. Six companies were detached: one at Fossano, one at Alba, one at Saranza, one at Saluzzo, another at Mondovl, and one at Oneglia.
     5o Battaglione  - Maj. cavaliere Augusto Bertaldi; Genova.
     6o Battaglione - Maj. cavaliere Giovanni Balegno di Carpenetto; Ozieri (with two companies at Nuoro).
     7o Battaglione - Maj. cavaliere Camillo Chiesa della Torre; Savona.
     8o Battaglione - Maj. cavaliere Luigi Biglione di Viariggi; Torino.
     9o Battaglione - Maj. Luigi Beretta; Chambéry.
     10o Battaglione - Maj. Francesco Cassinis; Genova.
     Compagnia di Deposito (Depot Company) - Lt. Giuseppe Silvestro Vayra. 

 

Corpo dei Cacciatori Franchi; Lt. Col. nob. Fiancesco Campania; headquarters: Fenestrelle (with three detached Companies: the 3a Compagnia in Lesseillon, the 4a in Bard, and the 5a in d’Exilles). Black felt kepi, dark-blue collar, yellow piping, grey pants. This was a disciplinary labor corps.

 

Cavalry 

 

Cavalleria di Linea:
Reggimento Nizza Cavalleria; Lt. Col. conte Luigi de Kalbermatten; garrison: Vercelli Crested helmet, crimson collar and piping, grey pants with a double dark- blue stripe down the side, white metal epaulettes.
Reggimento Piemonte Reale Cavalleria; Col. conte Rodolfo Montevecchio; garrison: Pinerolo. Crested helmet, scarlet collar and piping, grey pants with a double dark-blue stripe down the side, white epaulettes.
Reggimento Savoia Cavalleria; Lt. Col. cavaliere Carlo Augusto Brunetta d’Usseaux; garrison: Savigliano. Crested helmet, black velvet collar, scarlet piping, grey pants with a double dark-blue band down the side, white epaulettes.
Reggimento Genova Cavalleria; Lt. Col. cavaliere Leone Annibale Signoris di Buronzo; garrison: Saluzzo. Crested helmet, yellow collar and piping, grey pants with a double dark-blue stripe down the side, white epaulettes. 

 

Cavalleria Leggera:
Reggimento Cavalleggieri di Novara; Lt. Col. cavaliere Federico Morozzo della Rocca; garrison: Casale (with two squadrons in Alessandria). White kepi adorned with a horse-hair plume and a white woolen cord, dark-blue collar, white piping, grey pants with a double dark-blue stripe, white epaulettes.
Reggimento Cavalleggieri d’Aosta; Lt. Col. cavaliere Enrico Vittorio Emanuele Martini di Cigala; garrison: Vigevano (one squadron detached to Novara). Scarlet kepi adorned with a black plume and scarlet cords, dark-blue collar, scarlet piping, pants and epaulettes as for the Novara Regiment.
Reggimento Cavalleggieri di Saluzzo; Lt. Col. Paolo Griffini; garrison: Voghera (with one squadron in Genova). Yellow kepi adorned with a black plume and yellow cords, dark-blue collar, yellow piping, pants and epaulettes as for the Novara Regiment.
Reggimento Cavalleggieri di Monferrato; Lt. Col. conte Maurice Gerbaix di Sonnaz; garrison: Chambéry. Crimson kepi adorned with a black plume and crimson cords, dark-blue collar, crimson piping, pants and epaulettes as for the Novara Regiment.
Reggimento Cavalleggieri d’Alessandria; Lt. Col. conte Carlo Bracorens de Savoiroux; garrison: Torino. Orange kepi adorned with a black plume and orange cords, dark-blue collar, orange piping, pants and epaulettes as for the Novara Regiment.

  

Artillery

Corpo Reale d’Artiglieria:

 

Comando General e Stato Maggiore del Corpo (Headquarters and Staff); General of the Army S.A.R. (H.R.H.) il Principe Ferdinando di Savoia, Duca di Genova, in Torino. Dark-blue kepi adorned with a black horse-hair plume for lower ranks or a feather plume for officers, collar and facings of black velvet trimmed with yellow piping, woolen cords, yellow metal epaulettes, dark-blue pants with a yellow stripe down the side. 

 

Comitato centrale d’Artiglieria (Central Artillery Committee); Laboratorio Chimico e Regia Fonderia (Chemical Laboratory and Royal Foundry); Regia Fabbrica d’Armi (Royal Arms Factory); Regia Fabbrica Polveri (Royal Powder Factory), in Genova; Laboratorio Bombardieri e Cassuleria (Bombadier Laboratory and Capsule Establishment); Officine di Construzione (Office of Construction), in Torino; Allestimento Convogli (Establishment for Preparation of Convoys); Officine di Construzione, in Genova; Regia Fabbrica Polveri, in Torino; Regia Fabbrica Polveri, in Cagliari; various 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class local artillery commands (Comandi locali d’artiglieria). 

 

Reggimento Operai (Operations Regiment); Col. cavaliere Pietro Actis; headquarters and companies in Torino. 

 

Reggimento da Piazza (Static Artillery); Col, barone Achille de-Bottini; headquarters in Torino.
     1.a Brigata: 1.a Compagnia di Piazza, Cagliari; 2.a Compagnia di Piazza, Alessandria; 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, and 6.a Compagnie di Piazza, Genova.
     2.a Brigata: 7.a, 8.a, 9.a, 10.a, 11.a, and 12.a Compagnie di Piazza, garrison Torino. 

 

Reggimento da Campagna (Field Artillery); Col. cavaliere Leopoldo Valfre di Bonzo; headquarters in Veneria Reale.
     1.a Brigata: 1.a and 2.a Batterie a Cavallo (Horse Batteries), Veneria Reale.
     2.a Brigata: 1.a Batteria di Battaglia, Chambéry; 2.a Batteria di Battaglia, Genova; 3.a Batteria di Battaglia, Vercelli.
     3.a Brigata: 4.a, 5.a, and 6.a Batterie di Battaglia, Veneria Reale.
     4.a Brigata: 7.a, 8.a, and 9.a Batterie di Battaglia, Torino.
     5.a Brigata: 10.a, 11.a, and 12.a Batterie di Battaglia, Veneria Reale.
     6.a Brigata: 13.a, 14.a, and 15.a Batterie di Battaglia, Veneria Reale.
     7.a Brigata: 16.a, 17.a, and 18.a Batterie di Battaglia, Alessandria. 

 

 

Engineers 

 

Corpo del Genio: 

 

Consiglio del Genio e Comando Generale (Engineer Council and General Command); headquarters, Torino; Maj. Gen. cavaliere Francesco Antonio Olivero. Hat with decoration and falling black plume, crimson velvet collar, dark-blue pants, silver appointments. 

 

Reggimento Zappatori del Genio (Sappers); Lt.Col. cavaliere Domenico Staglieno; headquarters and two battalions of five companies each, in Casale. Felt shako with a broad, round brim, ornamented around the top with white tape, and with a red horse- hair plume; collar and pants as for the staff and headquarters of the Corps. 

 

Various directorates (Direzionzi del Genio) in the Military Divisions. 

 

 

Train 

 

Corpo del Treno d’Armata; Col. conte Carlo de-Genova di Pettinengo; headquarters in Torino. Four companies. Felt kepi ornamented with a black and scarlet horse-hair plume, collar and facings dark-blue with scarlet piping, grey pants with a double dark-blue stripe down the side, white epaulettes. 

  

Medical 

 

Consiglio Superiore Militare di Sanità (Superior Council on Military Medicine). 

 

Corpo Sanitario Militare, comprising medici (doctors), farmacisti (pharmacists), and veterinari (veterinarians). 

 

Ospedali Militari divisionarii e succursali (Divisional and Branch Military Hospitals):  Torino (1st class), branches in Cuneo, Pinerolo, Saluzzo, Veneria, Fenestrelle, Exilles, and Bard; Genova (1st class); Alessandria (1st class), branch in Casale; Chambéry (2nd class), branches in Annecy and Lesseillon; Novara (2nd class), branches in Vercelli and Vigevano; Nizza (2nd class), branch in Monaco; Cagliari (2nd class), branches in Sassari, Nuoro, Ozieri, and Tempio. 

 

Compagnia Infermieri Militari, Maj. Pietro Borgarelli. Dark-blue kepi, dark-blue collar, light-blue facings, grey pants. 

 

Casa Reale d’Invalidi (Royal Invalids Home); Col. cavaliere Carlo Ferreri; Asti. Same uniform as for the infantry, crimson collar and facings. Comprising: Battaglione d’Invalide, made up of five centurie (centuries); Compagnie Veterani, comprising a Compagnia Sott’uffiziali (noncommissioned officers) in Asti, and the 1.a through 4.a Compagnie ordinaria in Asti, Aosta, Pallanza, and Albenga, respectively. 

 

 

Other Support Services and Establishments 

 

Servizio Spirituale, comprising forty-five cappellani militari (military chaplains). 

 

Reclusione Militare (Military Prison) and Compagnia Moschettieri (Musketeers). Dark-blue kepi, dark-blue collar ornamented with a loop, light-blue facings, grey pants, white epaulettes. In Savona. 

 

Scuola Complementare per gli ufficiali della armi speciali (Secondary School for officers of special arms) - Torino. 

 

Regia Militare Accademia - Torino; dark-blue kepi with a dark-blue plume, crimson collar and facings, grey pants with a crimson stripe, silver epaulettes for the Student Cadets.

 

Collegia pel Figli di Militari (College for Sons of Military Personnel) - in Racconigi; dark-blue kepi, dark-blue collar and facings with scarlet piping, grey pants.

 

Scuola Militare di Fanteria - Ivrea.

 

Scuola Militare di Musica - Asti.

 

Scuola Militare di Cavalleria - Pinerolo.

 

Ritiro per le Figlie del Militari (Retreat for Daughters of Military Personnel) - Torino. 

 

Deposito di Cavalli-Stalloni (Cavalry Depot); Deposito di Venaria Reale; Deposito d’Annecy. 

 

Tanca di Pauli-Latino, in Sardinia, (tanca = reservoir). 

  

Ministry of War and Dependent Administrations 

 

Ministero di Guerra: Ministro della guerra and Ministro della Marina Lt. Gen. of the Army cavaliere Alfonso Ferrero della Marmora; Segretariato Generale (General Secretariat); Direzione Generale (General Directorates). 

 

Amministrationi Dipendenti: Ispezione Generale delle Leve (General Inspectorate of the Conscription), Uditorato Generale di Guerra (General Military Auditoriat), in Torino and the Divisions, Corpo delle Intendenze Militari (Intendance Corps), in the Divisions; Regio Magazzino delle Merci (Royal Stores Magazine); Quartier Mastro per l’armata (Army  Quartermaster); Amministrazione delle sussistenze militari (Military Subsistence Administration), in the garrisons; Personale contabile pel Materiale d’Artiglieria (Artillery Materiel Accountants); Personale contabile pel servizio del Genio Militare (Military Engineer Accountants). 

  

Marina militare (Navy) and Ministero di Marina (Ministry of the Navy) 

 

Corpo Reale della Marina, Ammiraglio S.A.R. (Admiral H.R.H.) Prince Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano. 

Corpo Reale Equipaggi (Crews), including the Compagnia maestranza della real marina of 165 technicians and craftsmen at the arsenal in Genova.

 

Genio Navale (Naval Engineers). Until 1855, however, Army engineers were responsible for port construction and hydraulic works.

 

Battaglione Real Navi (Royal Naval Battalion), Genova, of six companies totaling 475 men and 25 officers.

 

Corpo medico militare della R. marina, composed of Medical Officials (Uffiziali Sanitari), Religious Officials (Servizi Spiritual) of the Regia Marina.

 

Comando dell’Isola di Capraia (Island of Capraia, near Elba); numerous 1st through 4th class ports.

 

Scuola Militare di Marina, in Genova. 

 

The following list of ships is taken from L’Esercito del vecchio Piemonte, gli ordinamenti; Parte II—Dal 1814 al 1859, by Nicola Brancaccio and published by the Ministero della Guerra in 1925. 

 

Sailing vessels:            Frigate Beroldo, 44 guns.
                                  Frigate Des Geneys, 44 guns.
                                  Corvette Euridice, 32 guns.
                                  Frigate S. Michele, 62 guns.
                                  Brigantine Aurora, 20 guns.
                                  Corvette Aquila, 18 guns.
                                  Corvette S. Giovanni, 32 guns.
                                  Brigantine Staffetta, reduced to a stores ship.
                                  Brigantine Daino, 14 guns.
                                  Brigantine Colombo, 18 guns.
                                  Brigantine Eridano, 18 guns. 

 

Steam vessels:            Paddle wheeler Gulnara, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler Ichnusa, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler Tripoli, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler Malfatano, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler Authion, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler Mozambano, 4 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler frigate Governolo, 10 guns.
                                  Paddle wheeler frigate Costituzione, 10 guns.
                                  Screw frigate Carlo Alberto, 45 guns.
                                  Screw frigate Vittori Emanuele, 45 guns. 

 

The Carlo Alberto was built in England, as were the engines of all the steam vessels. The only paddle wheeler subsequently acquired was the transport Dora, in 1855. Also acquired for the Crimean campaign in 1855 were the screw transports Tanaro and Varo. 

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