Regia Marina — Cruiser class
Zara-class cruiser
Zara class
The class in numbers
- 4 Completed
- 4 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Regia Marina
- Built
- 1929–1932
- In commission
- 1931–1944
- Preceded by
- Trento-class cruiser
- Succeeded by
- Italian cruiser Bolzano
- Builders
- Odero Terni Orlando
- Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 11,712 long tons (11,900 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 14,330 long tons (14,560 t)
- Length
- 182.8 m (599.7 ft) OA
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 841
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
- Armament
- 8 × 203 mm / 53 caliber guns
- 16 × 100 mm / 47 caliber guns
- 4 × 40 mm / 39 caliber anti-aircraft guns (early)
- 8 × 37 mm / 54 caliber anti-aircraft guns (late)
- 14 × 20 mm / 65 caliber anti-aircraft guns (Italian cruiser Gorizia only)
- 8 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian cruiser Fiume | 1931 | Sunk 1941 | |
| Italian cruiser Gorizia | 1931 | Scrapped 1944 | |
| Italian cruiser Pola | 1932 | Sunk 1941 | |
| Italian cruiser Zara | 1931 | Sunk 1941 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Zara-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.