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Bartolomeo Colleoni

Bartolomeo Colleoni

Sunk

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeLight cruiser
ClassAlberto di Giussano
WarSecond World War
Main guns8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns

Fast, lightly built cruiser. Disabled by a shell from Sydney off Cape Spada and sunk by British destroyers.

The Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, view taken in 1935 while passing through the Suez Canal. . Photo: Unknown, PD · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
  • 6 × 100 mm (3.9 in) guns
  • 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns
  • 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Decks: 20 mm (0.79 in)
  • Belt: 24 mm (0.94 in)
  • Turrets: 23 mm (0.91 in)
  • Tower: 25 to 40 mm (0.98 to 1.57 in)
BuilderAnsaldo, Genoa
Laid down21 June 1928
Launched21 December 1930
Commissioned10 February 1932
DisplacementStandard: 5,130 long tons (5,210 t) Full load: 6,844 long tons (6,954 t)
Length169.3 m (555 ft 5 in) (loa)
Speed36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Complement520

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

21 December 1930

19 July 1940

Stopped by a shell in her engine room; about 120 killed