Regia Marina — Escort carrier
Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero
- Displacement
- 30,418 long tons (30,906 t)
- Length
- 232.5 m (762.8 ft)
- Beam
- 29.4 m (96.5 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 1,420
- Main gun
- 65 mm (2.6 in)
Service
- as 1941: Falco? — 1940484 days of the war
Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero
Particulars
- Name
- Sparviero
- Builder
- Ansaldo, Genoa
- Launched
- 13 December 1926
- Fate
- Taken over by occupying German troops in 1944 and scuttled as blockship. Raised in 1947 and scrapped in 1951 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 30,418 long tons (30,906 t)
- Length
- 232.5 m (762.8 ft)
- Beam
- 29.4 m (96.5 ft)
- Draught
- 7.39 m (24.2 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 1,420
- Main gun
- 65 mm (2.6 in)
Sparviero was a escort carrier built for the Regia Marina. She was built by Ansaldo, Genoa. She was launched on 13 December 1926.
Displacement was 30,418 long tons. She measured 232.5 m (763 ft) long with a beam of 29.4 m (96 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,420. Her main battery was of 65 mm (2.6 in) calibre.
She carried 46 aircraft. Her machinery developed 28,000 hp.
She was in commission for 484 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled in 1944. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- diesels
- Power
- 28000 hp
- Armament
- 8 × 135/45 mm
- 12 × 65/64 mm
- 22 machine guns 20/65 mm
- Armour
- 70 mm (vertical)
- 80 mm (horizontal)
- Aircraft
- 46 aircraft (34 or 16 fighters, 9 torpedo bombers)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian aircraft carrier Sparviero on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.