Italian Navy
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Note: Specifications are incomplete in some cases.
Battleships
- Vittorio Veneto - 35,000 tons, 30.5 knots, nine 15-inch, twelve
6-inch guns. Flagship of Commander-inChief, Admiral A.Iachino.
Cruisers
3rd Division
- Trieste - 10,500 tons, 35 knots, eight 8-inch, twelve 3.9-in AA,
eight 37mm AA guns, eight 21-inch Torpedo Tubes. Flagship of Vice-Admiral
L.Sansonetti.
- Tronto - 10,500 tons, ---- generally as Trieste.
- Bolzano - 10,500 tons, ---- generally as Trieste.
1st Division
- Zara - 11,500 tons, 32 knots, eight 8-inch, twelve 3.9-inch AA,
eight 37mm AA guns. Flagship of Vice-Admiral C.Cattaneo.
SUNK. Badly
damaged by gunfire from the British battleships HMS Warspite, Valiant and
Barham. Sunk later by RN Destroyer.
- Fiume - 11,500 tons, performance and armament generally as Zara.
Captain G.Giogis.
SUNK. Hit by gunfire from the British battleships,
sank in around 30 minutes.
- Pola - 11,500 tons, performance and armament generally as Zara.
Captain M.de Pisa.
SUNK. Brought to a stop early in the battle by a
torpedo hit from an aircraft from HMS Formidable. Sunk by gunfire later from
HMS Jervis and Nubian.
8th Division
- Abruzzi - 7,874 tons, 35 knots, ten 6-inch guns. Flagship of
Vice-Admiral A.Legnani.
- Garibaldi - 7,874 tons, 35 knots, ten 6-inch guns.
Destroyers
6th Destroyer Flotilla
- De Recco - 1,628 tons, 39 knots, six 4.7-inch guns.
- Passagno - 1,628 tons, 39 knots, six 4.7-inch guns.
9th Destroyer Flotilla
- Vincenzo Gioberti - 1,568 tons, 39 knots, four 4.7-inch guns.
- Vittorio Alfieri - 1,568 tons, 39 knots, four 4.7-inch guns. SUNK*
- Oriani - 1,568 tons, 39 knots, four 4.7-inch guns.
- Giosue Carducci - 1,568 tons, 39 knots, four 4.7-inch guns. SUNK*
*By gunfire from HMAS Stuart, HMS Greyhound and HMS Havock.
10th Destroyer Flotilla
- Maestrale - 1,640 tons, 32 knots, four 4.7-inch guns, six 21-inch
torpedo tubes.
- Libeccio - 1,640 tons, performance and armament generally as
Maestrale.
- Scirocco - 1,640 tons, -------- ditto -------.
- Gragale - 1,640 tons, ------ ditto -------.
12th Destroyer Flotilla
- Corazziere - 1,710 tons, 32 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
- Carabiniere - 1,710 tons, 32 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
- Ascari - 1,710 tons, 32 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
13th Destroyer Flotilla
- Granatiere - 1,620 tons, 39 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
- Fuciliere - 1,620 tons, 39 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
- Bersagliere - 1,620 tons, 39 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
- Alpino - 1,620 tons, 39 knots, five 4.7-inch guns.
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