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Name

[1] The official name for the class is Littorio. The official Italian navy site states that.--TheFEARgod 17:48, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps...

...but we have a problem here. Many books state that the class's name was Vittorio Veneto. The most simple solution to this would be Italian documents from 1930's or 1940's.

Cheers. Kurt Leyman.

Question about the secondary armaments turret armor thickness

It appears that the turret armor of the secondary battery is incorrect: "The turret faces were 350 mm thick, with 75 to 130 mm (3.0 to 5.1 in) thick sides and 150 mm thick roofs.[12]" This seems highly unlikely, even with the citation of "[12]Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 290" Can someone verify this, as I don't have access to the reference work in question.--Joedumlao

The numbers were wrong - fixed now. Thanks. Parsecboy (talk) 17:40, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Design U.P. 41

Hi wikipedians, seems that there is a battleship article still missing: the one related to the U.P 41 design. Couldn't find much info online, however in one forum there is mention to an article about it published in "Warship 2006". If anyone can access that source, it might be possible to write the wikiarticle about the U.P 41. Regards, DPdH (talk) 14:22, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably "Project 82: The Stalingrad Class" by Stephen McLaughlin - @Sturmvogel 66: used it in the Stalingrad class article. I'd wager there isn't really enough information on the design to warrant an article. Most of these designs are generally not covered unless they were particularly notable (for instance, the German H-class designs), and the relevant information can be included here and at Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship. Parsecboy (talk) 14:53, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Belt Armor

Is there a reason why the Littorio class' belt armor is stated as being 280mm thick when numerous sources, every single other Wikipedia version and the Wiki page itself clearly state that the armor was 350mm thick?

Because the main belt was in fact only 280mm thick. The 70mm decapping plate was separated by a 250mm gap - to simply add the two together gives a misleading impression to the readers. Parsecboy (talk) 10:34, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

taranto and other

the littorio was torpedoed three times at taranto the 120 mm did not supplement the 152 mm but only fired illuminating shells

pietro93.145.250.148 (talk) 18:28, 11 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]