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class be built to attempt to counter a possible Franco-British alliance—if the two countries combined forces, they would easily outnumber the Italian fleet. Mussolini postponed his decision, but later authorized planning for the two ships in January 1937 for the 1938 Naval Expansion Program. In
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s hull was 88% complete and the engines were 76% complete, but overall the ship was only 28% complete; it would have required about eighteen more months of work for the ship to be finished. Key features like the armament, electrical wiring and a reworking of the bridge had still not been completed.
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that was 280 mm (11 in) with a second layer of steel that was 70 mm (2.8 in) thick. The main deck was 162 mm (6.4 in) thick in the central area of the ship and reduced to 45 mm (1.8 in) in less critical areas. The main battery turrets were 350 mm
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there and the shipyard could not handle two battleships at one time. While at Brindisi, some of her machinery was installed, along with parts of her smaller caliber weaponry. Despite the intent to move
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was captured by the Germans, who used the hulk for target practice. Sunk by Allied bombers in February 1945, she was refloated in 1947 and scrapped in Venice from 1948 to 1950.
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and the third was located aft. Her secondary anti-surface armament would have consisted of twelve 152 mm (6 in) 55-caliber Model 1934/35 guns in four triple turrets
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were laid down in 1934. In May 1935, the Italian Naval Ministry began preparing for a five-year naval building program that would include four battleships, three
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of 40,992 long tons (41,650 t); at full combat loading, she displaced 45,485 long tons (46,215 t). The ship was to be powered by four Belluzo geared
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on 22 January 1942. At some later time, she was moved again to Trieste, though no further work was done on the ship. After
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decided to shift production priorities to desperately needed escorts for merchant convoys. As a result, construction of
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was delayed to expedite those ships. The only work done was the fitting of the engines and some gun mountings.
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was laid down in May 1938 and launched in November 1939. The entrance of Italy into World War II forced the
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on 27 March 1947. The hulk was raised sometime that year and towed to Venice and beached, where she was
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did not authorize any large naval rearmament until 1933. Once he did, two old battleships of the
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in East Africa (Somaliland, Eritrea and Ethiopia territories) as a result of the
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was intended to be equipped with an anti-aircraft battery that comprised twelve
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Roberts, John (1980). "Italy". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger (eds.).
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December, they were approved and money was appropriated for them; they were
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proposed to Mussolini that, among other things, two more battleships of the
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and the Allies had damaged her during an air attack on 20 February 1945.
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to a safer location, Brindisi was still hit by Allied bombers, though
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to rendezvous with their American contemporaries. Still incomplete in
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Fitted with small-caliber anti-aircraft and anti-surface weaponry,
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would have had a crew of 1,830 to 1,950 if she had been completed.
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The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships 1937–1948
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54-caliber guns in eight twin and four single mounts, and sixteen
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in three triple turrets; two turrets were placed forward in a
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of 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in). She was designed with a
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to refocus its construction priorities on escort warships, so
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on 8 September 1943, the rest of the Italian Navy steamed to
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on 15 November 1939. At her launching, she was christened
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50-caliber Model 1938 guns in single mounts, twenty
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was left incomplete. After Italy surrendered to the
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1844:1945 1836:1944 1551:S-38 1544:S-37 1492:Lark 1490:HMS 1207:None 1168:Roma 1044:ISBN 1025:ISBN 1006:ISBN 987:ISBN 964:ISBN 945:ISBN 926:ISBN 734:was 682:was 680:Roma 650:was 648:keel 516:beam 477:and 474:Roma 449:and 391:Roma 306:Deck 257:9 × 222:4 × 216:4 × 190:8 × 169:Beam 110:Fate 60:Name 642:of 615:or 334:or 198:shp 1884:: 1820:, 1813:, 1786:, 1726:, 1700:, 1694:, 1688:, 1672:, 1666:, 1660:, 1644:, 1638:, 1632:, 1626:, 1610:, 1604:, 1598:, 1582:, 1565:, 1547:, 1540:, 1534:, 1527:, 1521:, 1505:, 1488:, 1482:, 1476:, 1470:, 1464:, 1417:, 1411:, 1394:, 1388:, 1362:, 1346:, 1320:, 1303:, 1152:/ 891:^ 877:^ 865:^ 851:^ 839:^ 807:^ 768:^ 571:. 540:mi 481:. 420:, 394:. 237:kn 202:kW 86:, 1254:e 1247:t 1240:v 1127:e 1120:t 1113:v 1074:: 1052:. 1033:. 1014:. 995:. 972:. 953:. 934:. 338:) 204:) 156:) 154:t

Index

Impero at her launch in 1939.
Italy
Italian Empire
Ansaldo
Genoa
Venice
Littorio-class
battleship
Full load
long tons
t
Yarrow boilers
shp
kW
steam turbines
screw propellers
kn
381 mm (15 in) guns
152 mm (6 in) guns
90 mm (3.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
37 mm (1.5 in) guns
20 mm (0.79 in) guns
Main belt
Deck
Turrets
Conning tower
IMAM Ro.43
Reggiane Re.2000
catapult
Littorio-class

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