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List of battleships of Italy. Battleship Roma in 1940. Starting in the 1890s, the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) began building a series of modern battleships. Early designs were marked by their small size, light armor, and high speed compared to contemporary foreign counterparts. The first pre-dreadnought battleship design, the Ammiraglio ...
Pages in category "World War I battleships of Italy". The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Andrea Doria-class battleship. Regina Elena-class battleship.
Barbettes: 280–130 mm (11.0–5.1 in) The Conte di Cavour–class battleships were a group of three dreadnoughts built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s. The ships were completed during World War I. In December 1915, and January 1916, when the Serbian army was driven by the German foces under General von Mackensen toward ...
Roma being launched, June 9, 1940. Roma ' s keel was laid down by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico on 18 September 1938, and she was launched on 9 June 1940. After just over two years of fitting-out, the new battleship was commissioned into the Regia Marina on 14 June 1942. She arrived in the major naval base of Taranto ...
The Andrea Doria class (usually called Duilio class in Italian sources) was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) between 1912 and 1916. The two ships— Andrea Doria and Duilio —were completed during World War I. The class was an incremental improvement over the preceding Conte di Cavour class.
The Francesco Caracciolo-class battleships were a group of four super-dreadnought battleships designed for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in 1913 and ordered in 1914. The first ship of the class, Francesco Caracciolo, was laid down in late 1914; the other three ships, Cristoforo Colombo, Marcantonio Colonna, and Francesco Morosini ...
Dante Alighieri in Taranto. Dante Alighieri, named after the medieval Italian poet, was the only dreadnought battleship ever named for a poet. [9] She was laid down at the naval shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia on 6 June 1909, launched on 20 August 1910, and completed on 15 January 1913. [2] The ship was used to evaluate Curtiss floatplanes ...
Italian battleship. Conte di Cavour. Conte di Cavour was the name ship of the three Conte di Cavour -class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1910s. Completed in 1915 she served during World War I, although she was little used and saw no combat. The ship supported operations during the Corfu Incident ...