Cadorna class

The Cadorna-class was a class of light cruiser of the Italian Navy . The class consisted of two ships built in Trieste and La Spezia in the early 1930s :

Luigi Cadorna (type ship)
Armando Diaz

These two ships represented a slight improvement of the Alberto di Giussano class , with which they formed the beginning of the so-called Condottieri classes . They were distinguished by their high speed, which could be achieved by criminally neglecting the armor. The following three classes ( Montecuccoli-class , Duca-d'Aosta-class , Duca-degli-Abruzzi-class ; two light cruisers each) represented a continuous improvement of the Alberto-di-Giussano- and / or Cadorna class. The maximum speeds could be maintained by improved propulsion systems, only in the Abruzzi class were made smaller concessions in speed for the additional armor.

Technical specifications

RN Armando Diaz

Main dimensions

Overall length: 169.3 m
Width overall: 15.5 m
Draft: 5.5 m
Displacement: 7,113 ts (maximum)

Propulsion system

6 steam boilers , 95,000 hp
2 turbines, 2 screws
Top speed: 36.5 kn
Range: 3,088 nm at 16 kn

Armor

Vertical: 24 mm
Horizontal: 20 mm
Artillery: 23 mm
Superstructures: 40 mm

Crew and armament

Crew: 507 men
8 × 152/54 mm in four double towers
6 × 100/47 mm in three double towers
2 × 40/39 mm flak
8 × 13.2 mm MG
4 × 553 mm torpedo tubes
2 aircraft on board

Calls

Luigi Cadorna

The cruiser Luigi Cadorna was only used for convoy security purposes during World War II. It was decommissioned in 1951.

Armando Diaz

The cruiser Armando Diaz was only used for convoy security tasks during World War II. The British submarine HMS Upright sank it on February 25, 1941.