Impero
Country | Italy |
Ship Class | Vittorio Veneto-class Battleship |
Builder | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Italy |
Laid Down | 14 May 1938 |
Launched | 15 Nov 1939 |
Sunk | 20 Feb 1945 |
Displacement | 41,377 tons standard; 46,215 tons full |
Length | 778 feet |
Beam | 107 feet |
Draft | 31 feet |
Machinery | Eight Yarrow boilers, four Belluzzo steam turbines |
Power Output | 134,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 30 knots |
Range | 4500nm at 18kts |
Crew | 1,920 |
Armament | 3x3x15in guns, 4x3x6in guns, 4x4.7in guns, 12x3.5in guns, 20x37mm guns, 16x20mm guns |
Armor | 13.8in belt, 13.8in barbettes, 8.1in deck |
Aircraft | 2 Reggiane Re2000 on 1 catapult |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseImpero was laid down as the fourth Vittorio Veneto-class battleship of the Italian Navy. Although launched at the end of 1939, her fitting out was not completed by the time Italy surrendered to the Allies. German troops captured her as Italy switched sides, and she was sunk by Allied aircraft in early 1945. Her wreck was raised in 1947 and she was scrapped in Venice, Italy between 1948 and 1950.
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Last Major Revision: May 2010
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