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Italian battleship Littorio
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| Career (Italy) |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 28 October 1934 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 6 May 1940 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1948 |
| Status: | Scrapped |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 43,835 tons standard, 45,963 tons full load |
| Length: | 224.5 - 237.8 m |
| Beam: | 32.9 m |
| Draught: | 10.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 140,000 hp |
| Speed: | 31.50 knots |
| Range: | 3,920 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 1,920 |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 15 inch/50 (381 mm) 4 × 3 155/55 mm 12 × 90/50 mm AA 20 × 37/50 mm 30 × 20/65 mm |
| Armour: | max 350 mm (vertical) 207 mm (horizontal) |
| Aircraft carried: | 3 |
Littorio was an Italian Vittorio Veneto class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during the World War II.
Her keel was laid down 1934 at Ansaldo, Genoa; she was launched in 1937, and her construction was completed in 1940, after Italy entered in war against France and United Kingdom. With the fall of Fascism, she was renamed Italia. After the war she was taken by the United States as war compensation, but was scrapped in 1948.
Vittorio Veneto class was designed by General Umberto Pugliese, and was the first battleship which overran the limits of the Washington Treaty (35,000 tons of displacement).
1940
- 1 September: operation Hats
- 29 September: operation MB 5
- 11 November: Night of Taranto (damaged)
1941
- 27 September: convoy Albert to Malta
- 17 December: First Battle of Sirte, convoy M 42
1942
- 3 January: Italian convoy M 43
- 22 March: Second Battle of Sirte
- 15 June: Vigorous convoy to Malta
1943
- 30 July: changed name to Italia
- 9 September: surrender of the Italian fleet
Littorio participated in 46 war missions, 9 of which were enemy hunting and 3 were as an escort. After the 8 September 1943 armistice, she was positioned in the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt until the end of the war.
Media on RN Littorio in the Wikicommons.
| Vittorio Veneto-class battleship |
| Vittorio Veneto | Littorio | Impero | Roma |
List of battleships of the Regia Marina |