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'''''Conte di Cavour''''' was a [[battleship]] class of the ''[[Regia Marina]]'' in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. |
'''''Conte di Cavour''''' was a [[battleship]] class of the ''[[Regia Marina]]'' in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]. |
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==Design== |
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This class was the second group of dreadnoughtsin the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea. |
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The main armament consisted of 13 305mm guns in five turrets. Three triple turrets were installed in A,Q and Y positions and two twin turrest were installed in B and X positions. The guns were an [[Armstrong Whitworth]] design. The machinery was a four shaft direct drive turbine arangement with either 12 Babcock or 24 Bleychnyden type (Cesare) coal and oil mixed fired boilers |
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==Construction== |
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*''[[Italian battleship Conte di Cavour|Conte di Cavour]]'' (reconstructed before World War II) |
*''[[Italian battleship Conte di Cavour|Conte di Cavour]]'' (reconstructed before World War II) |
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*''[[Italian battleship Giulio Cesare|Giulio Cesare]]'' (reconstructed before World War II) |
*''[[Italian battleship Giulio Cesare|Giulio Cesare]]'' (reconstructed before World War II) |
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*''[[Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]]'' (sunk during World War I) |
*''[[Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]]'' (sunk during World War I) |
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[[Image:GiulioCesare1914.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''Giulio Cesare'' before reconstruction]] |
[[Image:GiulioCesare1914.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''Giulio Cesare'' before reconstruction]] |
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{{Commonscat-inline|Conte di Cavour class battleship}} |
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==External links== |
==References and External links== |
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* Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1906-1922 |
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* [http://digilander.libero.it/planciacomando/unita/cavour.htm Cavour class] - Plancia di Comando |
* [http://digilander.libero.it/planciacomando/unita/cavour.htm Cavour class] - Plancia di Comando |
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* [http://www.regiamarina.net/arsenals/ships_it/battleships/battle_us.htm Italian Battleships] - www.regiamarina.net |
* [http://www.regiamarina.net/arsenals/ships_it/battleships/battle_us.htm Italian Battleships] - www.regiamarina.net |
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 The Conte di Cavour before reconstruction
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators | _crowned.svg){kind=small} Regia Marina |
| Preceded by | Alighieri |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Doria-class |
| Built | 1910–1914 |
| In commission | 1915–1955 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Battleship |
| Displacement | 23,100 long tons (23,500 t) |
| Length | 176 m (577 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 shafts 20 boilers 31,000 hp (23,100 kW) |
| Speed | 21.5 knots (24.7 mph; 39.8 km/h) |
| Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,000 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) As built: • 13 × 305 mm (12.0 in)/46 caliber guns • 18 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/50 caliber guns • 16 × 76 mm (3.0 in)/50 caliber guns • 6 × 76 mm (3.0 in)/40 caliber guns • 3 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
Conte di Cavour was a battleship class of the Regia Marina in World War I and World War II.
Design
This class was the second group of dreadnoughtsin the Regia Marina. The ships were designed by Admiral Edoardo Masdea.
The main armament consisted of 13 305mm guns in five turrets. Three triple turrets were installed in A,Q and Y positions and two twin turrest were installed in B and X positions. The guns were an Armstrong Whitworth design. The machinery was a four shaft direct drive turbine arangement with either 12 Babcock or 24 Bleychnyden type (Cesare) coal and oil mixed fired boilers
Construction
The class was composed of three ships, all laid down in 1910 and completed in 1914-15:
- Conte di Cavour (reconstructed before World War II)
- Giulio Cesare (reconstructed before World War II)
- Leonardo da Vinci (sunk during World War I)
See also
Media related to Conte di Cavour class battleship at Wikimedia Commons
References and External links
- Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1906-1922
- Cavour class - Plancia di Comando
- Italian Battleships - www.regiamarina.net
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