Regia Marina — Auxiliary cruiser
Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I
Service
- as Ramb I6 December 1937 — 27 February 1941545 days of the war
Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I
Particulars
- Name
- Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I
- Builder
- Ansaldo, Genoa
- Laid down
- 29 October 1936
- Launched
- 22 July 1937
- Commissioned
- 6 December 1937
- Fate
- Sunk by HMNZS Leander, 27 February 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 116.74 m (383 ft)
- Beam
- 14.94 m (49 ft)
- Speed
- 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h, 21.3 mph)
- Complement
- 120
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I was a auxiliary cruiser of the Regia Marina. Her keel was laid at Ansaldo, Genoa on 29 October 1936. Launched on 22 July 1937, she entered service on 6 December 1937.
She measured 116.7 m (383 ft) long with a beam of 14.9 m (49 ft). Her designed speed was 18.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 120.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns.
She was in commission for 545 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 27 February 1941, at 1°00′N 68°30′E. 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
- 2 × 9-cylinder FIAT marine Diesel engines
- twin screws
- Power
- 1525 nhp
- Armament
- 4 × 120 mm guns
- 2(or 4) × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramb_I — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons