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Italian cruiser Armando Diaz

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was located around 2009-2010. The ship lies on her port side in less than 50 meters of water, with her bow blown off. Her aft turrets are still in place, their guns buried in the bottom.
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She was launched on 29 April 1933 and served in the Mediterranean after her completion. From 1 September 1934 until February 1935 she made a cruise to Australia and New Zealand.
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in the early hours of 25 February. It took the Italian cruiser only six minutes to sink after her magazine detonated, with the loss of 484 men.
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In the course of this operation the ship was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine
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from January 1941. However, the following month an important supply convoy to
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required her use for cover, in company with the light cruiser
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she served in the western Mediterranean and was based at
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Italy
O.T.O.
La Spezia
HMS Upright
Condottieri-class
cruiser
knots
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152 mm (6 in) /53 guns
100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns
Vickers-Terni 40 mm/39
13.2 mm guns
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Main belt
Turrets
catapult
light cruiser
Condottieri class

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