Italian Fleet Review Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part VII

On 05MAY38 the Italian Navy conducted a review off Naples.  The review was widely covered by the international Press, the New York Times ran the following headline:

“ITALY’S NAVY HOLDS REVIEW FOR HITLER, BIGGEST SINCE WAR; 190 Fighting Ships Parade and Drill on Blue Bay of Naples in Show of First-Rank Power 85 SUBMARINES SUBMERGE Destroyers Burst From Smoke Screen in ‘Attack’-Crowds–Cheer King and Chancellor 190 Ships Take Part Weather Is Ideal Fanfare of Trumpets War Manoeuvres Begin ITALY’S NAVY HOLDS REVIEW FOR HITLER Hitler Dines With King; Hitler Is Pale at Opera; Fails to Give His Salute”

These are color photographs of the review taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.

The Italian Fleet gets underway from Naples, as seen from the battleship Conti Di Cavour, which served as the reviewing platform.

A line of heavy cruisers passes the Conti Di Cavour, led by an 8-inch gun cruiser of the Zara class.

The Zara passes close abeam and fires her main battery.

Zara again, firing while passing at speed.

Zara class cruisers in line.

Some details of Conti Di Cavour as the cruisers pass by.

Maneuvering room during the review was restricted.

Italian destroyers were known for their speed, here two pass by with pronounced bow waves.

An atmospheric shot of a Zara class heavy cruiser.

A group of destroyers passes between lines of cruisers at high speed.

Newsreel footage of the Italian Fleet review here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyT4xtZiGc&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9

Hugo Jaeger collection Part VIII here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/italian-fleet-review-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-viii/