Capitani Romani class
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 Light cruiser Scipione Africano |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Light cruiser, destroyer |
| units | 12 commissioned, four in service |
| Shipyard |
different in Italy |
| Order | 1939 |
| delivery | 1942 to 1943, 1956 |
| period of service |
1942 to 1980 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
5,400 ts maximum |
| length |
142.9 m |
| width |
14.4 m |
| Draft |
4.9 m |
| crew |
418 |
| drive |
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| speed |
41 kn (36 loaded) |
| Range |
4,350 nm at 18 kn |
| Armament |
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| Radar (1942/1943) |
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The Capitani Romani class was a class of ships in the Italian Navy . The class consisted of twelve light cruisers built during World War II , only four of which were put into service. The ships were named after Roman generals and politicians.
history
The twelve ships of the class were commissioned in 1939 in response to the large and very fast French destroyers of the Le Fantasque and Mogador classes . Compared to the French models, the Italian ships of the Capitani Romani class displaced around 1,000 tons more. Thanks to a 110,000 hp drive, which corresponded to that of heavy cruisers, the Capitani Romani were able to reach over 40 knots in test drives. The ships were referred to as both light cruisers and large destroyers . Basically, they should only surpass the aforementioned French destroyer classes. After France retired from the war in 1940, the battle with the Royal Navy soon showed that light cruisers were particularly at risk from torpedo attacks because of their poor armor. Investment, ship size and degree of risk were in no appropriate relation to one another. In June 1940, the construction of four ships was abandoned, four more were never put into service. Three ships were put into service until the armistice of September 8, 1943, a fourth ship after the war. Two of them went to France as reparations, the other two remained in Italian service.
Ships of the class
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Attilio Regolo
- Namesake: Marcus Atilius Regulus
- Builder : OTO Livorno
- Keel laid : September 28, 1939
- Launched : August 28, 1940
- Commissioning: May 14, 1942
- Notes: Badly damaged by a British submarine, the Caio Mario's bow was repaired . Interned in Spain from 1943 to 1945.
- Where : 1948 as Chateaurenault to France and there in 1962 out of service
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Scipione Africano
- Namesake: Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
- Builder: OTO Livorno
- Keel laid: September 28, 1939
- Launched: January 12, 1941
- Commissioning: April 23, 1943
- Notes: British speedboat MTB-316 sunk in July 16, 1943, had EC3 / ter Gufo radar . Delivered in Malta in 1943.
- Where : 1948 as Guichen to France and there in 1963 out of service
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Pompeo Magno
- Namesake: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Builder: CNR Ancona
- Keel laying: September 23, 1939
- Launched: August 24, 1941
- Commissioning: June 4, 1943
- Notes: Sank three British speedboats in July 1943; Mine layers. Delivered in Malta in 1943.
- Where it remains: after reconstruction as the destroyer San Giorgio (D 562) taken over by Marina Militare , from 1965 to 1980 training ship
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Giulio Germanico
- Namesake: Germanicus
- Builder: Navalmeccanica, Castellammare di Stabia
- Keel laying: April 3, 1939
- Launched: July 26, 1941
- Commissioning: January 19, 1956
- Notes: Sunk in Castellammare at the end of September 1943, lifted after the war
- Where it remains: after modifications as a destroyer San Marco (D 563) taken over by Marina Militare , 1971 out of service
- Ulpio Traiano
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Ottaviano Augusto
- Namesake: Augustus
- Builder: CNR Ancona
- Keel laying: September 23, 1939
- Launched: May 31, 1942
- Commissioning: -
- Remarks: -
- Where to find it: Sunk by air raid on November 1, 1943
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Caio Mario
- Namesake: Gaius Marius
- Builder: OTO Livorno
- Keel laid: September 28, 1939
- Launched: August 17, 1941
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: Were bow section of damaged Attilio Regolo from
- Whereabouts: 1943 depot ship, self-sunk in La Spezia in 1944.
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Cornelio Silla
- Namesake: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
- Builder: Ansaldo Genua
- Keel laid: October 12, 1939
- Launched: June 28, 1941
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: Ship engine handed over to aircraft carrier Aquila
- Where to find it: Sunk in an air raid in July 1944.
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Claudio Druso
- Namesake: Drusus
- Builder: CNT Riva Trigoso, Genoa
- Keel laying: September 1939
- Launching: -
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: construction canceled in June 1940
- Where to ?: Construction canceled, broken up
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Claudio Tiberio
- Namesake: Tiberius
- Builder: OTO Livorno
- Keel laid: September 28, 1939
- Launching: -
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: construction canceled in June 1940
- Where to ?: Construction canceled, broken up
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Paolo Emilio
- Namesake: Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
- Builder: Ansaldo Genua
- Keel laid: October 12, 1939
- Launching: -
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: Construction canceled in June 1940, ship engine handed over to aircraft carrier Aquila
- Where to ?: Construction canceled, broken up
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Vipsanio Agrippa
- Namesake: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
- Builder: CNT Riva Trigoso, Genoa
- Keel laying: October 1939
- Launching: -
- Commissioning: -
- Notes: construction canceled in June 1940
- Where to ?: Construction canceled, broken up
