Italian battleship Duilio
Service
- as Duilio? — 15 September 19562,193 days of the war
- Name
- Duilio
- Namesake
- Gaius Duilius
- Builder
- Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
- Laid down
- 24 February 1912
- Launched
- 24 April 1913
- Struck
- 15 September 1956
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1957 (1957)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 24,325 long tons (24,715 t)
- Length
- 176 m (577.4 ft) OA
- Beam
- 28 m (91.9 ft)
- Draught
- 9.4 m (30.8 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 4,800 nmi (8,890 km)
- Complement
- 2,033
- Main gun
- 305 mm (12 in)
Duilio was a Andrea Doria-class battleship, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Gaius Duilius. Her keel was laid at Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia on 24 February 1912. She was launched on 24 April 1913.
Two ships of the class were built. The class followed the Conte di Cavour-class battleship and was succeeded by the Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship.
Displacement was 24,325 long tons. She measured 176 m (577 ft) long with a beam of 28 m (92 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 2,033.
Her main battery was 13 305 mm (12.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 254 mm (10 in) and her deck 98 mm. Her machinery developed 30,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 September 1956.
She was broken up for scrap in 1957.
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 × Parsons steam turbine
- 4 × screw propellers
- Power
- 20 × Yarrow boilers
- 30000 shp
- Armament
- 13 × 305 mm guns
- 16 × 152 mm guns
- 13 × 76 mm guns
- 6 × 76 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 3 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 254 mm
- Gun turrets: 280 mm
- Deck: 98 mm
- Conning tower: 280 mm
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian battleship Duilio on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/12829/Caio_Duilio_at_Naples__13_September_1948..JPG — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons