Main technical characteristics of battleships
VITTORIO VENETO class
at the time of their entry into service
VITTORIO VENETO
Adriatic Shipyards, Trieste
Set 28-10-1934 - varo 25-7-1937_cc781905-bad5cf58d_ 25-7-1937_cc781905 -5badc5 -5c3-3194- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ in serv. 28-4-1940
radiata 1-2-1948
LITTORIO poi (30-7-1943) ITALY
Ansaldo shipyards, Sestri Ponente - Genoa
Set 28-10-1934 - varo_cc758905-8cde-3194bd_cc781905-5cde-3194bd-3194cc -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ - in serv. 6-5-1940
radiata 1-6-1948
EMPIRE
Ansaldo shipyards, Sestri Ponente - Genoa
Set 14-5-1938 - launched 15-11-1939 - not completed
radiata 27-3-1947
ROME
Adriatic Shipyards, Trieste
Set 18-9-1938 - launched 9-6-1940 - in service 14-6-1942
sunk 9-9-1943
DISPLACEMENT
Standard - officially 35,000 tons.
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Vittorio Veneto
Littorio
Rome
Vittorio Veneto
Littorio
Rome
Vittorio Veneto
Littorio
Rome
41.167 tons
41,377 tons
41,650 tons
43,624 tons
43,835 tons
44,050 tons
45.752 tons
45.963 tons
46,215 tons
Dimensions
Length - ftm 237.8 (m.240.7 Rome)
between ppm 224.5
Width - 32.9 ft
Immersion - average pcm 10.5
Armament
9 Cannons da _cc781905-5cde-3181_ _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb589094-136bdcc3 136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194_bb5-bb3b-136badd3b-136b58c5-3194_b3b-136badd5
12 Cannons da _cc781905-5cde-3181_ _cc781905-5cde-3181- bb3b94-136bdcc3 136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194_bb5-bb3b-136badd5-136badc55-3194_b3b-136badd5
12 Cannons da _cc781905-5cde-3181_ _cc781905-5cde-3181- bb3b94-136bdcc3 136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194_bb5-bb3b-136badd5-136b58c5-3194-bb3b-136b aa
4 120/40 mm guns. for illuminating shot
20 machine gunners of 37/54 mm. aa
16 machine gunners 20/65 mm. aa (dal 1942 28 machine gunners of 20/65 mm. on Littorio and Rome - 32 on Vittorio Veneto
3 aircraft
Protection
vertical to the waterline, maximum 350 mm. horizontal amidships (at the points of greatest thickness) maximum 207 mm.
large caliber towers, maximum 380 mm. (on the front)
350 mm large caliber tower bases.
medium caliber towers, maximum 280 mm. (on the front)
medium caliber tower bases 150 mm. armored tower, maximum 260 mm.
Motor system
8 Boilers type Yarrow, with sub-vertical water tubes with superheaters
4 Belluzzo turbine groups with reducers
4 three-blade propellers
Power
approximately 130,000 HP at normal full-strength pace
about 140,000 HP obtained in the tests
Autonomy
4,580 miles at 16 knots
3,920 miles at 20 knots
1,770 miles at 30 knots
Fuel
normal supply of naphtha - 3,700 tons.
maximum supply of naphtha - 4,210 tons.
Crew
92 Officers
122 Non-commissioned officers
12 Bourgeois
134 Second Chiefs and Sergeants
1,506 Municipalities