An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 9 February 1935 reporting that the Italian cruiser Fiume was used for landing experiments with a British autogiro. While the Fiume steamed with 24 miles landed the aircraft without problems on a landing platform with a length of 10 metres.(1)
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1. Part of the Zara-class heavy cruisers consisting of the Zara, Fiume, Pola and Gorizia, preceded by the Trento-class and succeeded by the Bolzano. Laid down at Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste, Italy on 29 April 1929, launched on 27 April 1930, commissioned on 23 November 1931 and sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan by gunfire of the British battleships HMS Warspite and Warspite on 29 March 1941.
Note
1. Part of the Zara-class heavy cruisers consisting of the Zara, Fiume, Pola and Gorizia, preceded by the Trento-class and succeeded by the Bolzano. Laid down at Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste, Italy on 29 April 1929, launched on 27 April 1930, commissioned on 23 November 1931 and sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan by gunfire of the British battleships HMS Warspite and Warspite on 29 March 1941.
