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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Italian battleship Roma launched according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 no. 5

Regina Elena-class battleships

An item reported that the Roma (1), the last of the by Cuniberti (2) designed Vittorio Emanuel-class battleships was launched at La Spezia, Italy, With a displacement of 12.600 tons was her armament 2x1-30,5cm guns (1 turret fore, 1 turret aft), 6x2-20cm guns in turrets, 12-7,6cm guns and 12 smaller guns and 4 torpedo tubes. The belt had a thickness of 25cm. The 2-3culinder expansion steam engines allowed a speed of 21,4 miles.

Notes
1. Laid down at the La Spezia Naval Shipyard on 20 September 1903, launched on 21 April 1907, completed on 17 December 1908, stricken on 3 September 1926 and finally broken up. Of the Regina Elena-class consisting of the Regina Elena, Roma, Napoli and the Vittorio Emanuel designed by Vittorio Cunibert.
2. Vittorio Emanuele Cuniberti (7 June 1854 Turin, Italy), naval engineer.