Italian battleship Roma
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The Italian battleship Roma was a World War II Vittorio Veneto–class capital ship of the Regia Marina, best known for being sunk in 1943 by German Fritz X guided bombs, one of the first successful uses of precision-guided munitions against a warship.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vittorio Veneto-class battleship
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battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| aircraftCarried | reconnaissance seaplanes ⓘ |
| armamentAA |
20 mm anti-aircraft guns
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37 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ 90 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 9 × 381 mm guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 12 × 152 mm guns ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 32.9 m ⓘ |
| builder | Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt | Trieste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualtiesWhenSunk | over 1300 killed ⓘ |
| class | Vittorio Veneto class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1942-06-14 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | over 1800 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 45000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 40000 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.6 m ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| flagshipOf | Regia Marina battle fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1938-09-18 ⓘ |
| launched | 1940-06-09 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 237.8 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being sunk by precision-guided munitions
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one of the first warships sunk by a guided bomb ⓘ |
| operator | Regia Marina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
4 shafts
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1943 ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1942 ⓘ |
| sisterShip |
Italian battleship Impero
NERFINISHED
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Italian battleship Littorio NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | wreck ⓘ |
| sunk | 1943-09-09 ⓘ |
| sunkBy | German Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkByWeapon | Fritz X guided bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkNear | Sardinia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | defense of Italian mainland 1943 ⓘ |
| wreckDepth | over 1000 m ⓘ |
| wreckDiscovered | 2012 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Fritz X
subject surface form:
Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto