Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Cruiser

Italian cruiser Fiume

Zara-class cruiser

Italian cruiser Fiume
A. Bernini — E. Bernini — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate Regia Nave Fiume (Taranto, 1933).

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Fiume23 November 1931 — 29 March 1941574 days of the war
Zara-class cruiser Particulars
Name
Fiume
Namesake
Fiume
Builder
Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down
29 April 1929
Launched
27 April 1930
Commissioned
23 November 1931
Fate
Sunk during Battle of Cape Matapan, 29 March 1941 (1941)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, full load
13,944 long tons (14,168 t)
Length
182.8 m (599.7 ft)
Beam
20.6 m (67.6 ft)
Draught
7.2 m (23.6 ft)
Speed
33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
Range
5,361 nmi (9,929 km)
Complement
841
Main gun
203 mm (8 in)

Fiume was a Zara-class cruiser in service with the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Fiume. Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste laid her keel on 29 April 1929. Launched on 27 April 1930, she entered service on 23 November 1931.

Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Trento-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Italian cruiser Bolzano.

She displaced 13,944 long tons. She measured 182.8 m (600 ft) long with a beam of 20.6 m (68 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 841.

Her main battery was eight 203 mm (8.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 150 mm (5.9 in) and her deck 70 mm. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 95,000 shp.

She was in commission for 574 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 29 March 1941, at 35°21′N 20°57′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 × Parsons steam turbines
Power
  • 8 × 3-drum Yarrow boilers
  • 95000 shp
Armament
  • 8 × 203 mm/53 cal. guns
  • 16 × 100 mm / 47 caliber guns
  • 6 × Vickers-Terni 40 mm/39 guns
  • 8 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Armour
  • Deck: 70 mm
  • Belt: 150 mm
  • Turret faces: 150 mm
  • Barbettes: 150 mm
Aircraft
  • 2

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