Littorio

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Littorio-class battleship battleship capital ship

Littorio was an Italian Littorio-class battleship of the Regia Marina in World War II, noted for its advanced design and involvement in major Mediterranean naval engagements.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Italian battleship Littorio	2
Littorio class	2

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Littorio-class battleship ⓘ battleship ⓘ capital ship ⓘ
antiAircraftArmament	20 mm AA guns ⓘ 37 mm AA guns ⓘ 90 mm AA guns ⓘ
armorScheme	Pugliese torpedo defense system NERFINISHED ⓘ
beam	approximately 32.9 meters ⓘ
builder	Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedOn	1940 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
damagedBy	British carrier aircraft ⓘ
damagedIn	Battle of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
designFeature	heavy main battery ⓘ high speed for a battleship of her era ⓘ internal torpedo defense cylinder ⓘ
displacement	approximately 45,000 tons full load ⓘ
fate	scrapped ⓘ
homePort	La Spezia NERFINISHED ⓘ Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ
internedAt	Great Bitter Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
laidDownOn	1934 ⓘ
launchedOn	1937 ⓘ
length	approximately 237.8 meters ⓘ
mainArmament	nine 381 mm (15-inch) guns ⓘ
mainBatteryConfiguration	three triple turrets ⓘ
maximumSpeed	approximately 30 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Battle of Littorio NERFINISHED ⓘ Fascist concept of the Roman lictor’s fasces (Littorio) ⓘ
navalTheater	Mediterranean Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	advanced design for its time ⓘ involvement in major Mediterranean naval engagements ⓘ
operator	Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ
postwarStatus	war reparation to the United States ⓘ
propulsion	four shafts ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
reasonForRenaming	fall of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ
renamedAs	Italia NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedOn	1943 ⓘ
role	fleet flagship on several occasions ⓘ
scrappedIn	1950s ⓘ
secondaryArmament	152 mm guns ⓘ
serviceBranch	Italian Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipClass	Littorio class NERFINISHED ⓘ
shipyard	Trieste shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterShip	Impero NERFINISHED ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Vittorio Veneto NERFINISHED ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Allied forces ⓘ
theater	Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPartIn	Battle of Cape Matapan NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Taranto NERFINISHED ⓘ First Battle of Sirte NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Sirte NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Attack on Taranto → damagedShip → Littorio ⓘ

Second Battle of Sirte → shipInvolved → Littorio ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian battleship Littorio

Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (damaged, not sunk) → class → Littorio ⓘ

subject surface form: Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto

this entity surface form: Littorio class

Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto (damaged, not sunk) → sisterShip → Littorio ⓘ

subject surface form: Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto

this entity surface form: Italian battleship Littorio

battleship Vittorio Veneto → class → Littorio ⓘ

subject surface form: Vittorio Veneto

this entity surface form: Littorio class

battleship Vittorio Veneto → sisterShip → Littorio ⓘ

subject surface form: Vittorio Veneto