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steamed to La Spezia for repairs. On 19 April, an Allied air attack on the port inflicted minor splinter damage. Umberto made another visit to the ship while she was awaiting repair on 20 April. Ten days later, the 3rd
Division was disbanded, since the two surviving Italian heavy cruisers were out of
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was also attacked numerous times by Allied bombers while in port, culminating in a major raid in April 1943 that inflicted serious damage to the ship. Under repair when Italy surrendered to the Allies in
September, the ship was seized by occupying Germany forces, who found the ship to be unusable and
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returned to
Messina, and on the 17th, she hosted a visit from Umberto. While she was on an operation to catch a British convoy on 11–13 August, a British submarine attempted to torpedo the ship while she slowed down to launch one of her floatplanes. She successfully evaded the attack, but the
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By May, her 203 mm guns were worn out from their use in the
Battles of Sirte, and so they were relined in Messina early that month. Allied air attacks targeted the ship in Messina on 25 and 26 May, but she suffered only splinter damage. Further attacks over the following two days inflicted no
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in
September. The ship's commander initially ordered the caretaker crew to flood the drydock and scuttle the ship when German troops occupied the port, but cancelled the order when it became clear the ship would be of no use to the Germans anyway. The Germans later moved the ship out of the dock,
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that reduced her speed to 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) forced the
Italian commander to break off the engagement, as his ships could no longer keep formation. British cruisers attacked as the Italians withdrew, but heavy fire from the Italian cruisers drove them off.
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that was 150 mm (5.9 in) thick amidships. Her armor deck was 70 mm (2.8 in) thick in the central portion of the ship and reduced to 20 mm (0.79 in) at either end. The gun turrets had 150 mm thick plating on the faces and the
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shipyard in March 1930, was launched in
December that year and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1931. Armed with a main battery of eight 8-inch (200 mm) guns, she was nominally within the 10,000-long-ton (10,000 t) limit imposed by the
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with three bombs, inflicting serious damage. One bomb penetrated the rear superfiring turret and exploded inside and the other two struck the deck abreast of the superstructure on the port side. Near misses breached the hull below the waterline, but
1099:; the Italian fleet sortied on 26 September to try to intercept it, but broke off the operation upon discovering the strength of the British escort force. On 29 September, upon returning from the failed attempt to disrupt Operation Halberd,
1334:. She remained afloat and heavily listing in April 1945, when Allied forces liberated La Spezia. Judged to be too badly damaged to repair, the postwar navy decided to discard the ship. She was accordingly stricken from the
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to leave
Gibraltar for La Spezia, where permanent repairs would be effected. She arrived two days later; the work was completed by November, and on the 27th, she took part in a naval review for the Regent of Hungary,
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was revised several times during her career. Two of the 100 mm guns and all of the 40 mm and 12.7 mm guns were removed in the late 1930s and eight 37 mm (1.5 in) 54-cal. guns and eight
997:. She returned to Taranto on the 11th and took part in gunnery training on 23 and 24 September and again on 6 November. She was present in the harbor on the night of 11–12 November during the British
1005:, where she engaged British cruisers and shot down a British aircraft. British bombing of the port four days later forced the Italians to again relocate the cruisers, sending them temporarily to
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and submarines. She returned to
Messina undamaged. On 21 February, she joined another convoy to Tripoli before returning to Messina on the 24th. A month later, on 22 March, she took part in the
1183:, where she was heavily engaged with British light cruisers and destroyers. The engagement occurred at long range, and smoke from the British ships interfered with the Italians' gunnery, and
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from bomb splinters, though she nevertheless sortied that day to escort another convoy to North Africa. On 16 and 17 December, while on another convoy escort mission, she took part in the
1241:, and two destroyers proceeded on to Messina while the other five destroyers stayed to protect the two damaged cruisers. Umberto made another visit to the ship on 27 August in Messina.
1001:, but was undamaged in the air raid. Her anti-aircraft batteries shot down one of the attacking British aircraft. The ship was transferred to Naples on the 12th. She took part in the
791:, British officials examined the vessel and concluded that she exceeded her nominal 10,000-ton displacement, though they lodged no formal complaint for Italy's violation of the
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to abandon
Messina as a major base. On 9 December, the 3rd Division left for La Maddalena further north in Sardinia, arriving the next day. Nevertheless, a major attack from
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followed on 16 August, and on 29 August the ships left Naples for Taranto, arriving the next day. On the 31st, the 1st Division sortied to intercept the British convoys in
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tried unsuccessfully to sink the ship in 1944. After Germany's defeat in 1945, the Italian Navy determined the ship was beyond economical repair, and so she was
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was sent to operate from La Maddalena, though she returned to Messina on 10 October. An Allied air attack on the port on 21 November caused extensive damage to
1062:, began escorting convoys to North Africa that month, the first of which took place from 26 to 28 May. Another convoy departed Italy on 25 June, escorted by
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began, she escorted Italian convoys to support the Italo-German forces fighting there. In the course of these operations, she took part in the battles at
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877:, which had recently defeated the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Five days later, the ship took part in the Navy Day festivities in Venice.
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returned to combat operations in February; she sortied on the 14th to search for Allied shipping, but instead came under heavy attack from both
354:. In 1934, she went on a tour with the royal yacht to eastern Africa, and she made another foreign cruise two years later to Germany during the
648:. On 16 September, the ship was transferred to the 1st Division, where she also served as the flagship. She received her battle flag from her
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guns were added in 1940. In 1942, the star shell guns were replaced with four more 37 mm guns. The following year, a battery of fourteen
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contributed her anti-aircraft batteries to the defense of the port. Later in the month, the British sent another convoy to reinforce
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there from 8 to 11 June, she remained unscathed. On 15 June, the fleet sortied once again to intercept a convoy to Malta, codenamed
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and the other heavy cruisers, but they failed to score any hits. After the Italian battleships engaged their British counterparts,
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in the late 1930s; she evacuated Italian nationals in August 1936, and while returning to Italy, suffered an explosion in an
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anchored her in the harbor, and abandoned her. On the night of 21–22 June 1944, British and Italian
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damage at all. On the 28th, she left Messina for Taranto; although Allied aircraft continued to attack
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and back, arriving in Taranto on 1 July. On 23 August, the main fleet sortied to intercept the British
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guns in single mounts and eight 12.7 mm (0.50 in) guns in twin mounts. She carried a pair of
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tank exploded, causing serious damage. She was forced to return to Tangier before proceeding to
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scored no hits. In the course of the battle, she had fired 226 rounds from her main battery.
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they sat in were also 150 mm thick. The main conning tower had 150 mm thick sides.
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patrolled off Sicily but failed to locate any British vessels, and she thereafter docked in
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in French Tunisia, where his ships were interned. A month later, from 7 to 9 April,
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took her place in the 1st Division, and all three of her sisters were sunk in the
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on a trip to the east coast of Africa in October; the tour included port calls in
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having been torpedoed and badly damaged by a British submarine in August 1942.
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498:(59 km/h; 37 mph). She had a crew of 841 officers and enlisted men.
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forward and aft. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by a battery of sixteen
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was hit by a torpedo and was later sunk by a British submarine. On 5 July,
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While in Messina on 25 January 1942, the ship was visited by the German
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into the 2nd Division. She took part in naval exercises held off
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was reassigned to the 3rd Division on 8 May, along with the two
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parties kept flooding to a minimum. Two days after the attack,
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for aerial reconnaissance; the hangar was located in under the
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on 8 August for a naval review with the German heavy cruiser
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tank that necessitated major repairs. The ship supported the
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347:, though in reality she significantly exceeded this figure.
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three times, but failed to score any hits. The cruiser
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unsuccessfully counterattacked. She was present at the
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without incident. She was present during the visit of
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Disabled by manned torpedoes in 1944, scrapped in 1946
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spent the rest of 1939 and early 1940 uneventfully.
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guns in six twin and two single mounts replaced the
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967:, but they scored no hits. A hit on the battleship
977:On 30 July, the 1st Division escorted a convoy to
1524:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946
334:(Royal Navy) in the 1930s. Named for the town of
494:(71,000 kW) and produced a top speed of 32
1084:, though they failed to locate their opponent.
1799:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in June 1944
1588:Italian Heavy Cruisers: From Trento to Bolzano
1271:struck La Maddalena on 10 April 1943 and sank
246:100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns
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1543:The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943
1541:Greene, Jack; Massignani, Alessandro (1998).
1233:were not as lucky, both being badly damaged.
787:on 25 August for temporary repairs. While in
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1586:Brescia, Maurizio; de Toro, Augusto (2022).
1488:. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute.
1560:Hogg, Gordon E. & Wiper, Steve (2004).
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1322:to prevent the Germans from using them as
358:being held there. She was involved in the
918:. At the time, the division was based in
1415:Greene & Massignani, pp. 70–77
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1163:, the heir to the italian crown, and
451:of 20.62 m (67.7 ft) and a
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698:on 31 December, before returning to
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169:182.8 m (599 ft 9 in)
1137:firing her main battery during the
490:. Her engines were rated at 95,000
475:. Her power plant consisted of two
177:20.62 m (67 ft 8 in)
540:47-cal. guns in twin mounts, four
373:The ship saw extensive service in
159:: 14,330 long tons (14,560 t)
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1590:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
1314:to infiltrate the harbor to sink
814:. A naval review was held in the
185:7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
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1256:abandoned at the end of the war.
455:of 7.2 m (24 ft). She
432:Profile and plan drawing of the
338:, the ship was laid down at the
259:13.2 mm (0.52 in) guns
195:8 three-drum Thornycroft boilers
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2718:Maritime incidents in June 1944
1758:List of heavy cruisers of Italy
1484:Bragadin, Marc'Antonio (1957).
1424:Greene & Massignani, p. 106
1364:Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 292
1326:; while the commandos did sink
873:, then the foreign minister of
849:—attempting to reach the
532:. The turrets were arranged in
443:was 182.8 meters (600 ft)
2713:World War II cruisers of Italy
1545:. London: Chatham Publishing.
1330:, they were unsuccessful with
640:on 6–7 July 1933 in the
632:. On the 25th, she became the
628:on 13 August in honor of King
522:203 mm (8 in) Mod 29
1:
775:departed Kiel and steamed to
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328:to be built for the Italian
317:was the third member of the
281:: 150 mm (5.9 in)
1161:Umberto, Prince of Piedmont
1118:against a force of British
867:Italian invasion of Albania
841:to intercept a squadron of
591:13.2 mm (0.52 in)
579:13.2 mm (0.52 in)
482:powered by eight oil-fired
368:Italian invasion of Albania
275:: 70 mm (2.8 in)
220:(37 mph; 59 km/h)
198:95,000 hp (71 MW)
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1503:Brescia, Maurizio (2012).
1003:Battle of Cape Spartivento
738:, and the British cruiser
616:on 17 March 1930. She was
501:She was protected with an
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2524:Unknown date:
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1312:Chariot manned torpedoes
1199:. While on the mission,
1614:Marina Militare website
1471:Hogg & Wiper, p. 62
1444:Hogg & Wiper, p. 47
1397:Hogg & Wiper, p. 46
1167:, the commander of the
843:Spanish Republican Navy
793:Washington Naval Treaty
538:100 mm (4 in)
473:Washington Naval Treaty
345:Washington Naval Treaty
116:General characteristics
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356:1936 Summer Olympics
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871:Ramón Serrano Suñer
712:Strait of Gibraltar
630:Victor Emmanuel III
610:Odero-Terni-Orlando
559:was mounted on the
414:for scrap in 1947.
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612:(OTO) shipyard in
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424:Zara-class cruiser
287:faces: 150 mm
208:2 Parsons turbines
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1597:978-1-68247-871-4
1514:978-1-84832-115-1
1097:Operation Halberd
1026:dazzle camouflage
999:attack on Taranto
829:On 7 March 1939,
729:Admiral Graf Spee
720:Le Verdon-sur-Mer
708:Spanish Civil War
652:on 29 June 1934.
574:secondary battery
534:superfiring pairs
516:was armed with a
360:Spanish Civil War
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