Maritime Hall in San Martino Museum, Naples

In 1866, the Carthusian Monastery of St. Martin in Naples was nationalized and declared a national monument. At the suggestion of the archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli, the territory of the monastery became a museum of the history of Naples and the southern Kingdoms. One of the sections of the museum is devoted to marine themes.

One of the sections of the museum is devoted to marine themes. Here you can see models of ships, weapons, and documents.

Royal 24-oared galley of the era of Charles of Bourbon, first half of the 18th century. I will tell you more about this and other vessels presented in the museum in separate articles that follow.

A painting depicting the launching of a sailing warship in the first half of the 19th century.

The galley of King Umberto II of Savoy.

Model of the battleship Regina Margherita. Two ships of this type joined the Italian Navy in 1904 and 1905.

The battleship Re Umberto, the first of three ships of the eponymous series, was commissioned into the fleet in 1893.

.In the collection of weapons you can see boarding blunderbusses - short-barreled small arms with a bronze barrel.

Cutlasses and officer's sabers.

Daggers and stilettos. Including here there is a unique hybrid of a pistol and a short cutlass.

Model aviso (messenger ship), late 19th century.

The model of the Francese sailing and steam frigate was later named Italia. Second half of the 19th century.