Italian battleship Impero
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Italian battleship Impero was an unfinished Littorio-class battleship of the Royal Italian Navy during World War II, never completed or commissioned before Italy’s armistice and subsequent German occupation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Littorio-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentPlanned |
381 mm main guns
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anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary battery of medium-caliber guns ⓘ |
| armorType |
belt armor
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deck armor ⓘ turret armor ⓘ |
| builder | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Littorio-class battleships
NERFINISHED
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Uncompleted ships of the Regia Marina ⓘ World War II battleships of Italy ⓘ |
| class | Littorio class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Mediterranean naval operations
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fleet engagements ⓘ |
| designOrigin | Italian naval rearmament program of the late 1930s ⓘ |
| displacementClass | about 40,000 tons standard ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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surface form:
World War II era
|
| fate |
never entered active service
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remained incomplete at armistice of Cassibile ⓘ |
| hullType | steel hull ⓘ |
| intendedRole |
capital ship
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flagship potential ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938 ⓘ |
| launched | 1939 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Impero (Italian for Empire) ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | fast battleship design ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
affected by German occupation of Italy
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construction halted after Italian armistice of 1943 ⓘ |
| operator | Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Trieste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionPlanned |
propeller shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | never commissioned into active fleet ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
Italian battleship Littorio
NERFINISHED
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Italian battleship Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
never commissioned
ⓘ
never completed ⓘ unfinished ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto