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Saturday, 1 June 2024

Italian heavy cruiser Trieste 1925-1943 (1959)

Trento. Warshipsresearch.blogpost.com

Zara-class. Warshipsresearch.blogpost.com

French Duquesne-class. Warshipsresearch.blogpost.com

Part of Trento-class succeeded by Zara-class based on a design made by general Filippo Bonfiglietti in 1923 and building ordered as response onf the laying down of the first French Duquesne-class cruiser. Laid down by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino on 22 June 1925, launched on 24 October 1926, commissioned on 21 December 1928, sunk at La Maddalena, Sardinia in an American air attack on 10 April 1943, superstructure cut away and refloated in 1950, hull purchased by Spain for conversion into a light aircraft carrier in 1952, cancelled due to growing costs and scrapped in 1959. 

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