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The San Giorgio class of the Italian Navy, also known as the Santi class (since the three units that compose it have the names of three saints), consists of three amphibious warships of the amphibious transport dock type: the San Giorgio, the San Marco and lastly, with a slightly different design, the San Giusto, specialized in landing operations that replaced the Grado and Caorle which were ...
The Italian cruiser San Giorgio was the name ship of her class of two armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the first decade of the 20th century. Commissioned in 1910, the ship was badly damaged when she ran aground before the start of the Italo-Turkish War in 1911, although she was repaired before its end.
The San Giorgio class consisted of two armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the first decade of the 20th century.The second ship, San Marco, was used to evaluate recently invented steam turbines in a large ship and incorporated a number of other technological advances.
San Giorgio this name has been borne by at least three ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian cruiser San Giorgio, a San Giorgio-class cruiser launched in 1908 and scuttled in 1941. Italian destroyer San Giorgio, launched in 1941 as the Capitani Romani-class cruiser Pompeo Magno she was rebuilt as a destroyer and renamed in 1955 ...
The San Giorgio class are amphibious transport docks (LPD) [1] [2] built by Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. These ships can carry a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armored vehicles. The stern floodable dock can accommodate three landing craft. The ships are based at the Brindisi naval base on the Adriatic coast. San Giorgio and San Marco ...
San Rocco (1903) - To Argentina as Mariano Moreno - To Japan as Nisshin, sunk 1942; Pisa in 1932. Pisa class. Pisa (1907) - Sold 1937; Amalfi (1908) - Torpedoed 1915; San Giorgio class. San Giorgio (1908) - Scuttled 1941; San Marco (1908) - Captured by Germany 1943, sunk c. 1944
The San Giorgio class of the Italian Navy, also known as the Santi class (since the three units that compose it have the names of three saints), consists of three amphibious warships of the landing platform dock (LPD) type: the San Giorgio, the San Marco and lastly, with a slightly different design, the San Giusto, specialized in landing operations that replaced the Grado and Caorle which were ...
San Giorgio (ex Pompeo Magno) was the first to enter service in 1955 and was modified again from 1963 to 1965 to become a training ship until 1980. San Marco (ex Giulio Germanico) was scuttled by the Germans after the incomplete ship fell into German hands following the Italian Armistice. Following the war, the vessel was raised, rebuilt and ...