Regia Marina — Aircraft carrier
Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
Service
- as 1941–1949 Aquila? — 19431,579 days of the war
Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
Particulars
- Name
- Aquila
- Builder
- Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente shipyard, Genoa
- Ordered
- 1941
- Fate
- Seized by Germany and the Italian Social Republic in 1943. Sabotaged and partially sunk by Italian royalist Co-Belligerent commandos to prevent its use as a block ship in 1945. Raised after the war and demolished by 1952 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 23,500 long tons (23,877 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 27,800 long tons (28,246 t)
- Length
- 235.5 m (772.6 ft)
- Beam
- 30 m (98.4 ft)
- Draught
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Speed
- 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 1,420
- Main gun
- 135 mm (5.3 in)
Aquila was a aircraft carrier in service with the Regia Marina. She was built by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente shipyard, Genoa.
She displaced 23,500 long tons standard and 27,800 long tons at full load. She measured 235.5 m (773 ft) long with a beam of 30 m (98 ft). Her designed speed was 30 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,420.
Her main battery was eight 135 mm (5.3 in) guns. She carried 51 aircraft. Her machinery developed 151,000 shp.
She was in commission for 1,579 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk in 1943. 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
- 4 × geared steam turbines
- 8 × boilers
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 151000 shp
- Armament
- 8 × 135 mm /45 cal guns
- 12 × 65 mm/64 cal guns
- 132 × 20 mm Breda 20/65 mod.35 AA guns
- Armour
- Deck: 8 cm
- Aircraft
- 51
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian aircraft carrier Aquila on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: USN — U.S. Naval Aviation News May 1963 [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons