Fiume
| Country | Italy |
| Ship Class | Zara-class Heavy Cruiser |
| Sunk | 29 Mar 1941 |
| Displacement | 11,508 tons standard; 14,168 tons full |
| Length | 600 feet |
| Beam | 67 feet |
| Draft | 23 feet |
| Machinery | 8 three-drum Thornycroft boilers, 2 Parsons turbines |
| Power Output | 95,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 32 knots |
| Range | 4,500nm at 16 knots, 2,950nm at 25 knots, 1,700nm at 31 knots |
| Crew | 830 |
| Armament | 8x203mm guns, 6x100mm guns, 4x40mm AA guns, 8x12.7mm AA machine guns |
| Armor | 100-150mm belt, 70mm deck, 120-140mm turrets, 140-150mm barbettes |
| Aircraft | 2 reconnaissance aircraft |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseDuring the night of 29 Mar 1941, Fiume, her sister ship Zara, and four destroyers guarded another Zara-class heavy cruiser, Pola, as Pola was disabled by a British torpedo plane earlier in the day. A British group centered around three battleships, with the aid of radar, attacked in the dark at relative close range, quickly obliterated the Italian fleet, sinking Fiume, Zara, Pola, and two destroyers.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Dec 2007
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James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945
5 Jan 2010 01:12:28 PM
I would like to get more information on the Fiume, as my cousin was aboard that ship.