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    The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class, was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian battleship Littorio
    Littorio was the lead ship of her class of battleship; she served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II. She was named after the...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian battleship Roma (1940)
    after two previous ships and the city of Rome, was the third Littorio-class battleship of Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy). The construction of both...
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    excess tonnage by the early 1930s, which resulted in the four Littorio-class battleships. Two were finished early in World War II and were used extensively...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
    Vittorio Veneto was the second member of the Littorio-class battleship that served in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II. The ship's...
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    Italian orders for the Littorio-class battleships the previous year. The Richelieus were based on the preceding Dunkerque class, but scaled up to accommodate...
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    French Richelieu-class battleships, themselves laid down in response to the Italian Littorio-class battleships. The Bismarck-class was designed with...
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  • Thumbnail for Italian battleship Impero
    Impero was the fourth Littorio-class battleship built for Italy's Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during the Second World War. She was named after the Italian...
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    response to new Italian Littorio-class battleships. Smaller and less heavily armed and armoured than all other treaty battleships, the Dunkerques have sometimes...
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  • Thumbnail for Andrea Doria-class battleship
    The Andrea Doria class (usually called Duilio class in Italian sources) was a pair of dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina)...
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  • II Littorio-class battleship, class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class Italian battleship Littorio...
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    1950s. The Italian response to the Dunkerques, the first two Littorio-class battleships, which displaced 35,000 long tons (36,000 t) and were armed with...
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    Bismarck-class battleship Iowa-class battleship King George V-class battleship (1939) Littorio-class battleship Richelieu-class battleship Garzke/Dulin...
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    included the acquisition of four modern battleships, and a variation on the Italian Littorio-class battleships was the favored candidate to fill the requirement...
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    Soyuz-class battleships (Project 23, Russian: Советский Союз, 'Soviet Union'), also known as "Stalin's Republics", were a class of battleships begun by...
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    A fast battleship was a battleship which in concept emphasised speed without undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early World War...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Jean Bart (1940)
    was a French fast battleship, the second and final member of the Richelieu class. Built as a response to the Italian Littorio class, the Richelieus were...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Richelieu
    Richelieu was a French fast battleship, the lead ship of the Richelieu class. Built as a response to the Italian Littorio class, Richelieu and its sister...
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  • Thumbnail for Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship
    The Francesco Caracciolo-class battleships were a group of four super-dreadnought battleships designed for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in 1913...
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  • List of battlecruisers List of battleships of World War I List of battleships of World War II List of battleship classes Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger;...
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  • Thumbnail for Cannone da 381/50 Ansaldo M1934
    1930s. The gun served as the main armament of Italy's last battleships, the Littorio class. These built-up guns consisted of a liner, a cylinder over...
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  • Thumbnail for España-class battleship
    The España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships that were built for the Spanish Navy between 1909 and 1921: España, Alfonso XIII, and Jaime...
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    A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most...
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  • Thumbnail for 152 mm/55 Italian naval gun Models 1934 and 1936
    cruisers as their primary armament and as secondary armament on the Littorio-class battleships. The Model 1934 was designed and manufactured by Ansaldo, while...
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  • Thumbnail for Cannone da 90/53
    naval version of the gun was mounted on Italian battleships of the Littorio-class and the Andrea Doria-class. The designation "90/53" meant that the gun had...
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    This is a list of battleships of the Second World War. All displacements are at standard load, in metric tonnes, so as to avoid confusion over their relative...
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  • Italian ship Vittorio Veneto may refer to: Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto - a Littorio-class battleship Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto - a unique helicopter...
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    attack on the battleship Andrea Doria. The next sub-flight of three attacked from a more northerly direction, attacking the battleship Littorio, hitting it...
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  • 35.5 2 Italy Littorio-class battleship 3 9 × 15" 50 cal Ansaldo 1934 17,559 lb (7.965 t) 46,216 42.3 1.3 UK King George V-class battleship 5 10 × BL 14-inch...
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  • Navy. The two modern Littorio-class battleships were detained by the Allies in Egyptian waters, while the three older battleships were allowed to serve...
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