Tag: Regia Marina
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Italian Heavy Cruiser Fiume
Italian Heavy Cruiser Fiume Fiume was the second of the Zara-class heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (along with her sisters Zara, Pola and Gorizia). She was launched on 27 April 1930 and commissioned on 23 November 1931. During the Second World War, Fiume was engaged with convoy escort and intercepting British convoys.… Read more
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Italian Heavy Cruiser Gorizia
Italian Heavy Cruiser Gorizia Gorizia was the third member of the Zara-class heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina. Launched on 28 December 1930, she was commissioned on 31 December 1931. As with her sisters (Zara, Fiume and Pola) she was nominally within the 10,000 ton limit of the Washington Treaty, however she displaced… Read more
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Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola
Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola Pola was the forth and last of the Zara-class cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina. Unlike her three sisters (Zara, Gorizia and Fiume), she was completed as a flag ship, with a larger conning tower for the admiral and his staff. Launched on 5 December 1931, she was commissioned into… Read more