Italian battleship Conte di Cavour

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capital ship dreadnought battleship warship

The Italian battleship Conte di Cavour was a World War I–era dreadnought modernized between the wars that served in the Regia Marina and was famously put out of action during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Conte di Cavour-class battleship	2
Conte di Cavour class	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital ship ⓘ dreadnought battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ
armament	10 × 320 mm (12.6 in) guns in twin and triple turrets (post‑modernization) ⓘ 13 × 305 mm (12 in) guns in triple and twin turrets (as built) ⓘ anti‑aircraft guns (post‑modernization) ⓘ secondary battery of 120 mm guns (various configurations over career) ⓘ
armor	belt armor up to about 250 mm thick (as built) ⓘ
attack	British air attack on Taranto ⓘ
beam	approximately 28 meters ⓘ
builder	Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned	1 April 1915 ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
damagedBy	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfAttack	11–12 November 1940 ⓘ
dateOfNotableEngagement	9 July 1940 ⓘ
displacement	approximately 23,000 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ approximately 29,000 tons (full load, post‑modernization) ⓘ
enteredService	1915 ⓘ
era	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ
fate	heavily damaged again by Allied bombing in 1943 ⓘ
finalStatus	deemed beyond economic repair ⓘ
flag	Italian naval ensign ⓘ
homePort	Taranto (interwar and WWII period) ⓘ
laidDown	10 August 1910 ⓘ
launched	10 August 1911 ⓘ
length	approximately 176 meters (as built) ⓘ approximately 186 meters (post‑modernization overall length) ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately 21 knots (as built) ⓘ approximately 27 knots (post‑modernization) ⓘ
modernizationFeatures	enhanced anti‑aircraft armament ⓘ lengthened hull ⓘ new machinery ⓘ revised superstructure ⓘ upgraded main armament ⓘ
modernized	extensively reconstructed between 1933 and 1937 ⓘ
namedAfter	Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalService	Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
notability	famously put out of action in the Battle of Taranto ⓘ one of the first Italian dreadnought battleships ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Calabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfClass	Conte di Cavour-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ
portOfSinking	Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsion	coal‑ and oil‑fired boilers (as built) ⓘ oil‑fired boilers (post‑modernization) ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
reconstructionCountry	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructionLocation	Trieste NERFINISHED ⓘ
repairsCompleted	never fully completed ⓘ
resultOfAttack	severely damaged and sunk in shallow water at Taranto ⓘ
scrapped	post‑World War II ⓘ
serviceEntryContext	entered service during World War I ⓘ
shipyard	Castellammare di Stabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterShip	Giulio Cesare NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonardo da Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusAfterTaranto	raised and placed in drydock for repairs ⓘ
strickenFromNavalRegister	1947 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
weaponUsedAgainst	aerial torpedoes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attack on Taranto → targetedShip → Italian battleship Conte di Cavour ⓘ

Giulio Cesare → navalClass → Italian battleship Conte di Cavour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conte di Cavour class

Conte di Cavour → memberOf → Italian battleship Conte di Cavour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conte di Cavour-class battleship

Conte di Cavour → class → Italian battleship Conte di Cavour ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conte di Cavour-class battleship