Conte Di Cavour (Conte Di Cavour Class)




Laid down 10th August 1910
Launched 10th August 1911
Completed N/A
Commissioned 1st April 1915
Fate Sunk in air attack:
15th February 1945 at Trieste
Builders Royal Naval Yard, La Spezia
Italy
Complement As built:
1197
Refitted:
1230
Dimensions
Displacement As built:
21700 tons std
25000 tons max
Refitted:
23600 tons std
29100 tons max
Dimensions As built:
577' 9" x 91' 10"
Refitted:
610' 6" x 91' 10"
Draught 30' 10"
Armament
Main guns As built:
13 x 12" (3 x 3, 2 x 2)
Refitted:
10 x 12.6" (2 x 3, 2 x 2)
Secondary guns As built:
18 x 4.7" (18 x 1)
Refitted:
12 x 4.7" (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes As built:
3 x 17.7"
Refitted:
None
Other weapons As built:
18 x 3" (18 x 1)
Refitted:
8 x 3.9" (4 x 2)
16 x 37mm (8 x 2)
12 x 20mm (6 x 2)
Countermeasures N/A
Armour Belt: 9.4"
Deck: 5.5"
Turrets: 3" - 13"
C.T.: 10.6"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar N/A
Sonar N/A
ECM N/A
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines As built:
20 x Blechhynden boilers
3 x Parsons steam turbines
Refitted:
8 x Yarrow boilers
2 x Belluzzo steam turbines
Power output As built:
31000shp
Refitted:
93000shp
Speed As built:
21.5kts
Refitted:
28kts
Shafts As built:
4
Refitted:
2
Range N/A
Fuel N/A

The Conte di Cavour was salvaged in 1947 and scrapped between 1950 and 1952.

Last altered : 7th June 1999

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