(Color) #2/2, Italian Battleship Andrea Doria (google.image) 8.17, Bow turrets of Italian Heavy Cruiser Trieste shortly after commissioning. from Ansaldo. Being revealed as the tier IX Premium Italian battleship, Marco Polo is inspired by the design UP.41. The starboard-side bomb hit the ship but passed through the side of the hull before exploding. The group was later joined by three additional cruisers from Genoa, Duca degli Abruzzi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Attilio Regolo. She was designed with a standard displacement of 40,992 long tons (41,650 t), a violation of the 35,000-long-ton (36,000 t) restriction of the Washington Naval Treaty; at full combat loading, she displaced 45,485 long tons (46,215 t). Roma's keel was laid by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico on 18 September 1938 and she was launched on 9 June 1940. There are a total of [ 67 ] WW2 Battleships entries in the Military Factory. The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 allotted Italy an additional 70,000 long tons (71,000 t) of total capital ship tonnage, which could be used in 1927–1929, while other powers were observing the "holiday" in battleship construction prescribed by the treaty. Roma was commissioned into the Regia Marina on 14 June 1942, but a severe fuel shortage in Italy at that time prevented her from being deployed; instead, along with her sister ships Vittorio Veneto and Littorio, she was used to bolster the anti-aircraft defenses of various Italian cities. In this role, she was severely damaged twice in June 1943, from bomber raids on La Spezia. 0 Replies 258 Views Last post by ptdockyard Sep 21, 2019 2019-09-21T23:37. The ship quickly capsized and broke in two. When combined with a lack of capable vessels to escort the capital ships, the combat potential of the Italian Navy was virtually non-existent. [14] Two days later, Roma was transferred with Vittorio Veneto and Littorio to La Spezia, where she became the flagship of the Regia Marina. She was armed with a … She arrived in the major naval base of Taranto on 21 August, and was assigned to the Ninth Naval Division. Maximum AP shell damage - 9,700. The class included only one sister ship, Caio Duilio. However, an attack upon Italia and Roma at 15:37 spurred the fleet into action, as the anti-aircraft batteries onboard opened fire and all ships began evasive maneuvers. Modules in game: 3 x Battery II, 2 x Anti-Air II, Aircraft Facility II, Fire Controller 0, Engine II, Secondary Battery II, Battleship Armor II A simple battleship (but expensive) design that can hurt capital ships and annihilate the screening ships. Sinking by the bow and listing to starboard, Roma capsized and broke in two, carrying 1,393 men—including Bergamini—down with her. The new ships would be built to the maximum Washington limits: 35,000 tons displacement and a battery of eight guns of either 380 mm or 406 mm. Once he did, two old battleships of the Conte di Cavour class were sent to be modernized in the same year, and Vittorio Veneto and Littorio were laid down in 1934. Squires, Nick (13 September 2012) "Massive Luftwaffe plane wreck 'found off Sardinian coast'". AP initial velocity - 830 m/s. After just over two years of fitting-out, the The battleship held its swan song in World War 2, superceded by the powerful and more tactically valuable aircraft carrier. [8], Roma's keel was laid by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico on 18 September 1938, and she was launched on 9 June 1940. Once at La Maddalena, Bergamini would receive further orders (to proceed to Malta) from Admiral Bruno Brivonesi, naval commander of Sardinia, as well as some documents regarding the conditions of the armistice for the Navy. [7][8] Roma was fitted with a catapult on her stern and equipped with three IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance float planes or Reggiane Re.2000 fighters. Due to Bergamini's initial reluctance to bring his ships to Malta (not knowing the details of the armistice and what would be the fate of the fleet once in Allied controlled ports) and to initial plans for the transfer of Victor Emmanuel III, his court and the government from Rome to La Maddalena (the destroyers Vivaldi and Da Noli sailed from Genoa and La Spezia, heading for Civitavecchia, for this purpose), the initial destination was La Maddalena, a naval base in Sardinia. [20][18], Losing power and speed, Roma began to fall out of the battle group. The flooding caused the inboard propellers to stop for want of power and started a large amount of arcing, which itself caused many electrical fires in the aft half of the ship. In fact, by the end of 1942, the only combat-ready battleships in the navy were the three Littorios because the fuel shortage had caused the four modernized battleships to be removed from service. Approximately 2,350 long tons (2,390 t) of water entered the ship. 1,472. seisen. [11][12], Roma and her two sisters were moved from Taranto to Naples, on 12 November, in response to the Allied invasion of North Africa; while en route, the three battleships were attacked by the British submarine HMS Umbra, though no hits were made. The Italian Zara Class cruisers served during World War Two. So… let’s talk about the Marco Polo. There are only 2 Italian battleships in game at the moment, both of them premium, the tier V "Giulio Cesare", and the tier VIII "Roma". Maximum SAP shell damage - 10,250. Battleship Designs Battleship. Shortly thereafter, another bomb slammed into the ship and detonated within the forward engine room, causing catastrophic flooding and the explosion of the #2 main turret's magazines, throwing the turret itself into the sea. Napoli was a Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1903–08. Firing range - 17.2 km. The main deck was 162 mm (6.4 in) thick in the central area of the ship and reduced to 45 mm (1.8 in) in less critical areas. She was the last member of the four-ship class, which included the lead ship Regina Elena, Vittorio Emanuele, and Roma. Lepanto was an Italian battleship launched in 1883, the second and last ship of the Italia class.She served in the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The ship began taking on water through leaks from frames 221 to 226—an area covering about 32 square feet (3.0 m2)—and through flooding from the bow to frame 212. [3] Although Roma took part in training exercises and was moved to various bases including Taranto, Naples, and La Spezia, in the next year, she did not go on any combat missions as the Italian Navy was desperately short of fuel. These aircraft caught up with the force when it was in the Strait of Bonifacio. The battle group was scheduled to attack the Allied ships approaching Salerno to invade Italy (Operation "Avalanche") on 9 September 1943, but the news of the 8 September 1943 armistice with the Allies led to the operation being cancelled. [12][17][18][19], The Do 217s trailed the fleet for some time, but the Italian fleet did not open fire upon sighting them; they were trailing the fleet at such a distance that it was impossible to identify them as Allied or Axis, and Bergamini believed that they were the air cover promised to them by the Allies. In December, they were approved and money was allocated for them; they were named Roma and Impero ("Empire"). Napoli was a Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1903–08. Jan 22, 2020 - Explore Bo Tomkie's board "Italian Warships" on Pinterest. These were supplemented by four 120 mm (4.7 in) /40 Model 1891/92 guns in single mounts; these guns were old weapons and were primarily intended to fire star shells. "Battleship 1913 and Battleship 1914" - which actually represented a development of a scheme considered for "Battleship 1912." Unlike her sister ships Littorio and Vittorio Veneto, Impero and Roma were to have had a slightly larger displacement, length, and subsequently, a larger beam and draft, which was due to a naval program launched in 1938 to prepare This ship specifically is my take on a Tier X battleship for the Italian faction seeing how no one likes the fictional battleship Wargaming made for the Italians at Tier X. The hit on Roma caused water to flood two boiler rooms and the aft engine room, leaving the ship to limp along with two propellers, reduced power, and arc-induced fires in the stern of the ship. In December 1935, Admiral Domenico Cavagnari proposed to Mussolini that, among other things, two more battleships of the Littorio class be built to attempt to counter a possible Franco-British alliance—if the two countries combined forces, they would easily outnumber the Italian fleet. A fast battleship was a battleship which emphasised speed without – in concept – undue compromise of either armor or armament. The French naval command issued specifications for a new battleship design in response to the Littorios on 24 July, less than two weeks after the Italian ships were announced. Il bombardamento navale di Genova. Despite being listed as a battleship, it is a PIZA-class armored cruiser (an exact replica of the Italian armored cruiser "Pisa" built in 1907 based on a design by shipbuilder Joseph Orlando), which was built in the Livorno area of the … [25], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}41°9′28″N 8°17′35″E / 41.15778°N 8.29306°E / 41.15778; 8.29306, Fast battleship of the Italian Royal Navy. The transfer of the king to La Maddalena was cancelled, however (he instead fled towards Pescara), and when the fleet arrived off La Maddalena, German troops had occupied that base to transfer their troops from Sardinia to Corsica, therefore the stop at La Maddalena was also cancelled and Supermarina ordered Bergamini to head for Allied-controlled Bône. These men increased the total number aboard to 2,021 and the total fatalities to 1,393. Three sank during the Battle of Cape Matapan. Design. One hit the ship aft and to starboard of the rear main battery turret and obliterated several staterooms, which were promptly flooded from broken piping. It was discovered about 30 km (19 mi) off the northern coast of Sardinia, at a depth of around 1,000 m (3,281 ft). The Italian BB line could be completed from tier III to X without too many problems. To address your issue with the guns, as stated in the description you probably didn't actually read, the ship is based on the 1921 battlecruiser proposal made by Italian engineer Ferdinando Cassone . The extra speed of a fast battleship was normally required … The armored cruiser "George Averoff" (TH / K "G. Averoff"), also commonly known as the "Battleship Averoff", is a historic ship of modern Greece. Plating - 26 mm. In May 1935, the Italian Naval Ministry began preparing for a five-year naval building program that would include four battleships, three aircraft carriers, four cruisers, fifty-four submarines, and forty smaller ships. Giampaolo Di Paola, himself a former naval officer and at the time defence minister, at the ceremony described the dead sailors as "unwitting heroes who found their place in history because they carried out their duty right until the end". The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class, was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy.The class was composed of four ships—Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Roma, and Impero—but only the first three ships of the class were completed. She was also equipped with thirty-two rather than twenty-four 20 mm (0.79 in)/65 caliber Breda guns. The U.S. South Dakotas were among the most powerful of these designs. Post Oct 04, 2009 #1 2009-10-04T05:13. [3], Along with many of the principal units of the Italian fleet—including Vittorio Veneto and Italia (the ex-Littorio)[N 3]—the cruisers Eugenio di Savoia, Raimondo Montecuccoli, and Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta, and eight destroyers—Roma sailed from La Spezia with Adone Del Cima as captain and also as the flagship of Admiral Carlo Bergamini on 9 September 1943, a day after the proclamation of the 1943 Italian armistice. The Italian leader Benito Mussolini did not authorize any large naval rearmament until 1933. [13] On 4 December, the United States launched a major air raid on Naples in an attempt to destroy the Italian fleet; one cruiser was destroyed and two others were damaged in the attack, as were four destroyers. As weapons evolved and became more destructive, naval armour became an important part of … The secondary turrets had 280 mm thick faces and the conning tower had 260 mm (10.2 in) thick sides. Andrea Doria was named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral of the same name.Laid down in March 1912, the battleship was launched a year later in March 1913, and completed in March 1916. Background For additional information, see Littorio-class battleship. As German forces in Italy launched Operation Achse, Admiral Bergamini was ordered to leave La Spezia, in order to prevent the fleet from falling in German hands, and reach Allied-controlled ports. Roma had a crew of 1,830 to 1,950. [21] According to naval historian Francesco Mattesini, who cites the research of Pier Paolo Bergamini, the son of Admiral Bergamini, around two hundred men from Bergamini's staff were aboard Roma, and were mistakenly not included in the official inquiry. (Otello, William Shakespeare) 1. [15], Roma was damaged again by two bombs in another raid on 23–24 June. Italian UP 90 Pocket Battleship Design (Painted) seisen. Roma was equipped with an anti-aircraft battery that comprised twelve 90 mm (3.5 in) /50 Model 1938 guns in single mounts, twenty 37 mm (1.5 in) /54 guns in eight twin and four single mounts, and sixteen 20 mm (0.79 in) /65 guns in eight twin mounts. RMN Littorio - Corazzata classe Littorio - Completata 6 maggio 1940 - Dislocamento 43 835t a pieno carico 45 963 Lunghezza 237,8 m m Larghezza 32,9 m m Pescaggio 9,6-10,5 m m Propulsione 8 caldaie tipo Yarrow/Regia Marina 4 turbine tipo Belluzzo/Parsons 4 eliche Potenza: 140 000 hp Velocità 30 nodi Autonomia 3 920 mn a 20 nodi (7 300 km a 37 km/h) Equipaggio 120 ufficiali, 1 800 sottufficiali e comuni - Demolita a seguito delle condizioni imposte all'Italia dal trattato di pace, RMN Gorizia - incrociatore pesante Classe Zara - Completata 23 dicembre 1931 - Caratteristiche generali Dislocamento standard: 13.660 t pieno carico: 14.460 t Lunghezza 182,8 m Larghezza 20,6 m Pescaggio 7,2 m Propulsione 8 caldaie 2 turbine Parsons 2 eliche Potenza:95.000 hp Velocità 33 nodi (circa 57 km/h) Autonomia 5.434 mn a 16 nodi Equipaggio 31 ufficiali ed 810 marinai - Affondato il 26 giugno 1944, Charles David Cobb, The Battle of Cape Matapan, 29 March 1941, olio su tavola 49 x 80 cm (National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth) "Chi è quell'uomo che può tenere in pugno il suo Destino?" They were the Zara, Fiume, Pola, and Gorizia. Vittorio Emanuele was an Italian pre-dreadnought battleship, laid down in 1901, launched in 1904 and completed in 1908.She was the second member of the Regina Elena class, which included three other vessels: Regina Elena, Napoli, and Roma. Another gem from Stefano’s site- Italian R2 battleship design by General Barberis. Mussolini postponed his decision, but later authorized planning for the two ships in January 1937. B-17 aircraft carrying 908 kg (2,002 lb) armor-piercing bombs damaged the stationary battleships with two bombs each. They remained here through the first half of 1943, without going on any operations. While the Deutschlands more of a functionally aesthetic ship class, the UP 102 design shows the Italian engineers view on how a good looking ship must look like. 90 was an Ansaldo export cruiser inspired by the bow and listing to starboard Roma. On an Italian frigate over the spot where Roma went down, warship, battleship,,. 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