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 shaft horsepower |
| 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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Conte di Cavour Operational Timeline
| 1 Jan 1915 | Conte di Cavour was commissioned into service. |
| 18 May 1928 | Conte di Cavour was decommissioned from service. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
14 Jan 2024 12:30:53 AM
Her raising and refit was no "attempt", it was a deliberately choice slowed down by manpower shortages and the low priority given to it.
Also, stripped of what could be useful by the Germans, she was damaged in an air raid in February 1945 and, without any effort to fight the flooding, capsized and sank on 24-25 February.
To answer @Billy's question, 16 casualties were recorded in her sinking at Taranto.
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Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937
14 Apr 2023 08:00:30 AM
Is there any information on any casualties received during the attack in Taranto?