Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni
- Displacement
- 5,130 long tons (5,212 t)
- Length
- 169.3 m (555.4 ft)
- Beam
- 15.5 m (50.9 ft)
- Speed
- 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
- Complement
- 520
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Service
- as Bartolomeo Colleoni10 February 1932 — 19 July 1940322 days of the war
- Name
- Bartolomeo Colleoni
- Namesake
- Bartolomeo Colleoni
- Builder
- Ansaldo, Genoa
- Ordered
- 1926
- Laid down
- 21 June 1928
- Launched
- 21 December 1930
- Commissioned
- 10 February 1932
- Fate
- Sunk by HMAS Sydney (D48) and others at the Battle of Cape Spada, 19 July 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 5,130 long tons (5,212 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 6,844 long tons (6,954 t)
- Length
- 169.3 m (555.4 ft) OA
- Beam
- 15.5 m (50.9 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
- Complement
- 520
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Giussano-class cruiser of the Regia Marina. She was named for Bartolomeo Colleoni. Ansaldo, Genoa laid her keel on 21 June 1928. She entered service on 10 February 1932, having been launched on 21 December 1930.
She was one of four ships of her class.
She displaced 5,130 long tons standard and 6,844 long tons at full load. She measured 169.3 m (555 ft) long with a beam of 15.5 m (51 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 520.
Her main battery was eight 152 mm (6.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 24 mm (0.9 in) and her deck 20 mm. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 95,000 shp.
She was in commission for 322 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 19 July 1940, at 35°42′N 23°43′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 × steam turbine sets
- 2 × screw propellers
- Power
- 6 × water-tube boilers
- 95000 shp
- Armament
- 8 × 152 mm guns
- 6 × 100 mm guns
- 8 × 37 mm AA guns
- 8 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Decks: 20 mm
- Belt: 24 mm
- Turrets: 23 mm
- Tower: 25 to 40 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 × seaplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.