Italian cruiser Muzio Attendolo
Service
- as Muzio Attendolo7 August 1935 — 4 December 19421,190 days of the war
- Name
- Muzio Attendolo
- Namesake
- Muzio Attendolo
- Builder
- C.R.D.A., Trieste
- Laid down
- 10 April 1931
- Launched
- 9 September 1934
- Commissioned
- 7 August 1935
- Fate
- Sunk 4 December 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,404 long tons (7,523 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 8,852 long tons (8,994 t)
- Length
- 182.2 m (597.8 ft)
- Beam
- 16.6 m (54.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.6 m (18.4 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Range
- 4,122 nmi (7,634 km)
- Complement
- 578
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Muzio Attendolo was a Condottieri-class cruiser light cruiser built for the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Muzio Attendolo. Her keel was laid at C.R.D.A., Trieste on 10 April 1931. Launched on 9 September 1934, she entered service on 7 August 1935.
Her class ran to six ships.
Displacement was 7,404 long tons standard and 8,852 long tons at full load. She measured 182.2 m (598 ft) long with a beam of 16.6 m (54 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 578.
Her main battery was eight 152 mm (6.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 60 mm (2.4 in) and her deck 30 mm. She carried two aircraft.
She was in commission for 1,190 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 December 1942. 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 shaft Belluzzo geared turbines
- 6 Yarrow boilers
- 106000 hp
- Armament
- 8 × 152 mm /53 guns (4 × 2)
- 6 × 100 mm / 47 caliber guns (3 × 2)
- 8 × 37 mm 54-cal. guns (4 x 2)
- 8 × 13.2 mm guns (4 × 2)
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes (2x2)
- Armour
- Deck: 30 mm
- Main belt: 60 mm
- Turrets: 70 mm
- Conning tower: 100 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 aircraft
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian cruiser Muzio Attendolo on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: An unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina — Ministero Della Difesa-Marina — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons