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Italian Battleships - 'Conte di Cavour' & 'Duilio' Classes 1911--1956 (Hardcover)
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Italian Battleships - 'Conte di Cavour' & 'Duilio' Classes 1911--1956 (Hardcover)
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With the publication of their previous book on the battleships of
the _Littorio_ class, the authors set new standards for the
detailed coverage and sophisticated analysis of Italian warship
design. Inspired by its success, both critically and commercially,
the authors were inspired to follow up with a similar study of the
earlier Italian battleships that were built in the First World War
but survived to fight in the Second. Given the level of new
research required, this has taken a decade to achieve but the
result is a similarly comprehensive coverage. Originally comprising
five ships in two related classes, they entered service at the
beginning of the Great War. As designed, they were powerful
examples of the second generation of dreadnoughts, with a
combination of twin and triple turrets producing a unique main
armament of thirteen 12-inch guns. One ship, _Leonardo da Vinci_,
was sunk by an internal explosion at Taranto in 1916, and although
the hull was raised post-war, the plan to rebuild the ship was
abandoned as it was not deemed cost-effective. However, the
remaining four ships were to undergo one of the most radical
reconstructions of any battleship class during the 1930s, emerging
with an entirely new profile, more powerful machinery and all the
characteristics of a modern fast battleship. In this form they
became an important element in the Italian fleet that opposed the
British after 1940\. This book covers all the technical details of
the ships, both as built and as rebuilt, but also provides an
extended history of their active service, including battle plans
and track charts. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs, ship and
armament plans, detail drawings and colour camouflage schemes, the
book is a fitting companion to _The Littorio Class_.
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