Kammala wannan jumla: Zamanin Cavour a matsayin ministan sojan ruwa ya kasance yana da wata manufa ta waje mai karfi; Cavour ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Firayim Ministan Sardinia. A karkashin jagorancinsa kasar ta shiga cikin Birtaniya da Faransa a lokacin yakin Crimean na 1853 <unk> 1855, kodayake gudummawar Sardinian ga yakin kusan gaba ɗaya ne a kan ƙasa; an aika da karamin rundunar da ke kunshe da "Carlo Alberto" da kuma wasu jiragen ruwa masu yawa don tallafawa sojojin da ke tafiya. Yaƙin duk da haka ya ba da dama don neman kusanci da Faransa da kuma kwarewa da ke aiki da jiragen ruwa a lokacin yakin. A shekara ta 1859, ya tsara yakin Italiya na biyu na 'yancin kai, babban mataki zuwa haɗin kan Italiya, yana dogara da kawancen asiri tare da Faransa don kayar da babban Daular Austriya. A lokacin wannan rikici na ƙarshe, rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Sardinia ta yi aiki tare da Sojojin ruwan Faransa a kan jiragen ruwan Austriya a cikin Adriatic. A wannan lokacin, rundunar jiragen ruwa na Sardinia ta ƙunshi jiragen ruwa guda biyu da ake amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa, da jiragen ruwa guda huɗu da ake amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa, da jiragen ruwa guda biyu da ake amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa, da jiragen ruwa guda shida da ake amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa, da kuma jiragen ruwa guda takwas da ake amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa. Squadron na Faransa mai ƙarfi, gami da jiragen ruwa guda shida na layi da batura masu iyo uku masu ƙarfe, sun tilasta wa Austrians komawa zuwa Pola. Rundunar jiragen ruwa guda biyu sun fara shirye-shirye don hare-haren amphibious a kan tekun Dalmatian na Austria, amma nasara a kan ƙasa a
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Magenta da Solferino sun ƙare yaƙin kafin a iya gudanar da saukowa.