What is the origin of this pre-industrial naval depiction
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Based on your reading of the signature I did some googling and can offer the hypothesis (just a guess, really) that the artist might be Rudolf Claudus. He was a naval painter of note who was particularly active in Italy during WWII so the timeline fits well.
I am not any kind of expert on art so I cannot say with any degree of authority whether your picture matches Claudus's style but looking with layman's eyes I think it might.
Perhaps there is more information on Clauus in Italian.
Sources
Some information about Claudus
Google images search for Claudus
A tapestry sale add page which originally led me to Claudus (note that his name is misspelt there as Rudolph Clandus).
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The painting is definitively from Rudolf Claudus, an Italian Navy officer and a great marine painter.
The number XXII refers to the year 22 of the Fascist Era (starting 29 October 1922), ie 1944.
Your ancestor surely got it when based in Italy, probably bought it from the painter. There are 3 books on him printed by the historical institute of the Italian navy. An article on Claudus was published by the US Naval Institute (magazine Naval history) in October 1993. It is not common to find his paintings as he painted mainly for the Italian Navy. I have a similar painting to yours (I love his paintings). The Italian Navy HQ in Rome has some amazing artworks from him. There are roughly 2200 known paintings from Claudus
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