Battleship Littorio

Littorio

Country	Italy
Ship Class	Vittorio Veneto-class Battleship
Builder	Ansaldo Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Italy
Laid Down	28 Oct 1934
Launched	22 Aug 1937
Commissioned	6 May 1940
Decommissioned	1 Jun 1948
Displacement	41,377 tons standard; 45,752 tons full
Length	778 feet
Beam	107 feet
Draft	31 feet
Machinery	Eight Yarrow boilers, four Belluzzo steam turbines, four propellers
Bunkerage	Oil 4,000t
Power Output	134,000 shaft horsepower
Speed	30 knots
Range	4500nm at 18kts
Crew	1,920
Armament	3×3 381mm, 4×3 155mm, 12x90mm AA, 20x37mm AA, 30x20mm AA
Armor	350mm side, 100mm deck, 350mm turret
Aircraft	3
Catapult	1

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseLittorio fought in the Mediterranean Sea in WW2, heavily involved in the campaign where both sides of the conflict contested for the same region that was critical for the Axis supply line to North Africa and the Allied supply lines to Malta. She was damaged by British torpedo bombers during the famous raid on Taranto in Nov 1940. With the fall of Benito Mussolini's government, Littorio was renamed Italia on 30 Jul 1943 and was surrendered to the Allies on 9 Sep. She was taken by the Allies to the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt where she was kept until the end of the war. She was scrapped in 1948.

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Last Major Revision: Apr 2007

Photographs

Littorio firing her primary weapons during gunnery practice, summer 1940

Vittorio Veneto and Littorio firing during an exercise, 1940s

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Littorio Operational Timeline

6 May 1940	Littorio was commissioned into service.
1 Jun 1948	Littorio was decommissioned from service.

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