Italian battleship Caio Duilio
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The Italian battleship Caio Duilio was a World War II-era Regia Marina warship of the Conte di Cavour class that served in the Mediterranean and was notably damaged during the British air raid on Taranto.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Conte di Cavour-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 320 mm guns (after reconstruction)
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13 × 305 mm guns (as built) ⓘ anti-aircraft guns (various calibers) ⓘ secondary battery of 120 mm guns (various numbers over career) ⓘ torpedo tubes (as built) ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 28 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Cantieri navali Odero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 10 May 1915 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Battle of Calabria
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Cape Spartivento (indirect involvement as part of Italian battlefleet period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement |
approximately 1,200 officers and men (as built)
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over 1,600 officers and men (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| damagedBy | Royal Navy aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| damageType | torpedo hits at Taranto ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1956 ⓘ |
| displacement |
approximately 23,000 tons (standard, as built)
ⓘ
approximately 29,000 tons (full load, as built) ⓘ over 29,000 tons (standard, after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| era |
World War I
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ |
| eventDate | Taranto air raid, 11–12 November 1940 ⓘ |
| flag | naval ensign of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| homePort | Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 24 April 1910 ⓘ |
| launched | 24 April 1913 ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 176 meters (as built)
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approximately 186 meters (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
approximately 21 knots (as built)
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approximately 26 knots (after reconstruction) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Caio Duilio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | damaged in British air raid on Taranto ⓘ |
| operator | Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers (after reconstruction)
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| reconstructed | 1937–1940 ⓘ |
| reconstructionLocation | Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedToService | May 1941 ⓘ |
| role | fleet flagship (at various times) ⓘ |
| scrapped | late 1950s ⓘ |
| shipClass | Conte di Cavour class ⓘ |
| successor | Italian missile cruiser Caio Duilio (C 554) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| towedTo | Taranto inner harbor (after Taranto raid) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | training ship (postwar) ⓘ |
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