Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli
Service
- as Raimondo Montecuccoli30 June 1935 — 1 June 19642,193 days of the war
- Name
- Raimondo Montecuccoli
- Namesake
- Raimondo Montecuccoli
- Builder
- Ansaldo, Genoa
- Laid down
- 1 October 1931
- Launched
- 2 August 1934
- Commissioned
- 30 June 1935
- Decommissioned
- 1 June 1964
- Fate
- Scrapped
- Status
- Scrapped
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)
Raimondo Montecuccoli was a Condottieri-class cruiser in service with the Regia Marina. She was named for Raimondo Montecuccoli. Ansaldo, Genoa laid her keel on 1 October 1931. She entered service on 30 June 1935, having been launched on 2 August 1934.
Her class ran to six ships.
She displaced 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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 June 1964.
She was broken up for scrap.
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 (4×2)
- 8 × 13.2 mm guns (4×2)
- 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (2×2)
- 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 Raimondo Montecuccoli on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Allan C. Green / Adam Cuerden — State Library of Victoria [1] ID: 9916510463607636; File number: gr006986; Identifier: H91.325/2185 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons