Battleship Conte di Cavour

Conte di Cavour

Country	Italy
Ship Class	Conte di Cavour-class Battleship
Laid Down	1 Jan 1910
Launched	1 Jan 1911
Commissioned	1 Jan 1915
Decommissioned	18 May 1928
Sunk	12 Nov 1940
Displacement	28,800 tons standard; 29,100 tons full
Length	611 feet
Beam	92 feet
Draft	34 feet
Machinery	8 boilers, 2 shafts
Power Output	93,000 SHP
Speed	28 knots
Range	3,100nm at 20 knots
Crew	1,236
Armament	10x320mm, 12x120mm, 8x100mm, 8x37mm, 12x20mm
Armor	max 280mm vertical, 135mm horizontal
Recommission	1 Jun 1937

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseConte di Cavour was the lead ship of her class of WW1-era battleships. On 24 May 1915, she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, but she had no active missions during the war. After WW2, she became part of the Italian foreign image, cruising in North America, carrying King Vittorio Emannuelle III on a visit to the Adriatic, and carrying Benito Mussolini on a visit to Tripoli. On 12 May 1928, she was decommissioned from service. Between 1933 and 1937, she was reconstructed at Trieste. She returned to service in 1937. In WW2, she participated in the Battle of Calabria and was sunk by British torpedo bombers during the famed raid at Taranto. An attempt was made at the end of 1941 to raise and repair her, but it never completed before Italy surrendered in 1943. She was briefly under German control after the surrender, but again was not returned to active service. She was scrapped on 27 Feb 1947.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Apr 2007

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