Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni

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Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Giussano-class light cruiser of the Regia Marina that served in the early years of World War II before being sunk by Allied forces in the Mediterranean.

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Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Giussano-class light cruiser
Italian Navy warship
World War II ship
antiAircraftArmament 13.2 mm machine guns
37 mm guns
armorCharacteristic lightly armored
battle Battle of Cape Spada
beam 15.5 m
builder Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
buildLocation Trieste, Italy
surface form: Trieste
commissionDate 10 February 1932
conflictParticipated World War II
country Kingdom of Italy
crewComplement approximately 500
designPurpose high-speed scout cruiser
displacementFullLoad approximately 6,800 tons
displacementStandard approximately 5,000 tons
draft 5.3 m
era interwar naval treaty era
fate sunk in combat
historicalSignificance early Italian cruiser loss in the Mediterranean campaign of World War II
hullNumber CRDA hull for Giussano-class unit
laidDownDate 21 June 1928
launchDate 21 December 1930
lengthOverall 169.3 m
mainArmament 8 × 152 mm guns
namedAfter Bartolomeo Colleoni
navalForce Italian cruiser force in the Aegean
operator Italian Navy
surface form: Regia Marina
opponentShip British destroyers
HMAS Sydney
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
secondaryArmament 100 mm guns
serviceEntryPeriod interwar period
shaftCount 2
shipClass Giussano class
shipType light cruiser
sinkingDate 19 July 1940
sinkingLocation north of Crete
status shipwreck
successorInRole later Condottieri-class cruisers
sunkBy Royal Australian Navy
Royal Navy
theaterOfOperations Mediterranean Sea
topSpeed approximately 37 knots
torpedoArmament 533 mm torpedo tubes

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Battle of Cape Spada shipInvolved Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
Action off Cape Spada involvedShip Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni