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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.
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.
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The Italian cruiser San Marco was a San Giorgio-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the first decade of the 20th century.She was the first large Italian ship fitted with steam turbines and the first turbine-powered ship in any navy to have four propeller shafts. [1]
The ship built by the Italian firm Fincantieri as an enlarged and improved version of the San Giorgio class. The ship measures 143 metres (469 ft) long and 21.5 metres (71 ft) wide. [2] The ship has a continuous flight deck with two deck-landing spots for helicopters at the bow and stern. [3]
Duca degli Abruzzi class. Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi (1936) - BU 1961 or later; Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936) - BU 1970s; San Giorgio (ex-Pompeo Magno) after her post-war conversion to a large destroyer. Capitani Romani class (Only those units marked * were completed) Attilio Regolo* (1940) - Sold to France 1948 and renamed Chateaurenault
The ships are based at the Brindisi naval base on the Adriatic coast. San Giorgio and San Marco have been modified with longer full-length flight decks with four landing spots. San Giusto, the third vessel, has not been modified since construction, however, it featured an improved design, and is normally employed as a training ship. [3]