Italian cruiser Bolzano

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Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Italian cruiser Bolzano canonical 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Regia Marina ship
Trento-class cruiser
heavy cruiser
warship
aircraftCarried seaplanes
aircraftFacilities catapult
armamentAntiAircraft 13.2 mm machine guns
37 mm AA guns
armamentMain 8 × 203 mm/50 guns in four twin turrets
armamentSecondary 16 × 100 mm guns
armamentTorpedoTubes 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
beam 20.6 m
builder OTO Livorno
commissioned 19 August 1933
conflict World War II
country Kingdom of Italy
crewComplement approximately 725
damagedBy Royal Navy Submarine Service
surface form: Royal Navy submarines
dateDamagedSeverely 25 August 1942
displacementFullLoad approximately 13,665 tons
displacementStandard approximately 10,000 tons
draft 6.8 m
fate wreck broken up after World War II
laidDown 11 June 1930
laidUp La Spezia
launched 31 August 1932
length 196.96 m
locationDamagedSeverely near Stromboli, Tyrrhenian Sea
maximumSpeed 36 knots
namedAfter Bolzano
operator Italian Navy
surface form: Regia Marina
participatedIn Battle of Calabria
Battle of Cape Matapan
Battle of Cape Spartivento
powerOutput approximately 150,000 shp
propulsion 8 oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range approximately 4,000 nmi at 16 knots
reasonForScuttling to prevent capture by German forces
role convoy raider
fast cruiser
fleet escort
scuttled September 1943
scuttledBy Italian frogmen
serviceEntry 1933
shipClass Italian cruiser Trento
surface form: Trento class
shipyard Livorno
statusAfter1942Attack heavily damaged and put out of front-line service
theatreOfOperations Mediterranean Sea
torpedoedBy HMS Triumph NERFINISHED
HMS Unbroken NERFINISHED

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Subject: Italian cruiser Bolzano
Description of subject: Italian cruiser Bolzano was a Trento-class heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that served as a fast, heavily armed warship in the Mediterranean during World War II.

Referenced by (2)

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Battle of Cape Spartivento shipInvolved Italian cruiser Bolzano
Italian cruiser Trieste sisterShip Italian cruiser Bolzano