Regia Marina — Cruiser class
Giussano-class cruiser
Giussano class
The class in numbers
- 4 Completed
- 4 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Regia Marina
- Built
- 1928–1930
- In commission
- 1931–1942
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 6,466 long tons (6,570 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 6,844 long tons (6,954 t)
- Length
- 169.3 m (555.4 ft)
- Speed
- 42 knots (77.8 km/h, 48.3 mph)
- Complement
- 507
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
- Armament
- 8 × 152 mm /53 guns in 4 twin mountings
- 6 × 100 mm / 47 caliber guns in 3 twin mountings
- 8 × 37 mm 54-cal. guns
- 8 × 13.2 mm machine-guns
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian cruiser Alberico da Barbiano | 1931 | Sunk 1941 | |
| Italian cruiser Alberto di Giussano | 1931 | Sunk 1941 | |
| Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni | 1932 | Sunk 1940 | |
| Italian cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere | 1931 | Sunk 1942 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Giussano-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.