Condottieri-class light cruiser
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Description
The Condottieri class was a group of 12 light cruisers built for the Regia Marina during World War II. These 12 light cruisers were divided into subvariants:
- Alberto di Giussano class
- Luigi Cadorna class
- Raimondo Montecuccoli class
- Duca d'Aosta class
- Duca degli Abruzzi class
Vehicles
Rank III
- Alberto da Giussano class
- RN Bartolomeo Colleoni (1932)
Rank IV
- Raimondo Montecuccoli class
- RN Raimondo Montecuccoli (1943)
- Duca d'Aosta class
- RN Eugenio di Savoia (1943)
- ▂Kerch (1953) - (previously RN Duca d'Aosta)
- Duca degli Abruzzi class
- RN Duca degli Abruzzi (1944)
Vehicles are listed in order of refit year, not build year
History
The Condottieri class was a grouping of 5 classes of Italian light cruisers, each class being different from the other in which technological development could be seen from the oldest Alberto di Giussano class to the new Duca degli Abbruzzi class.
Each class is named after the first ship in the group, and the classes are divided into:
- Alberto di Giussano-class
- Luigi Cadorna-class
- Raimondo Montecuccoli-class
- Duca D'Aosta-class
- Duca degli Abruzzi-class
Alberto di Giussano-class
| Ship name | Builder | Setting | Launch | Entry in service | Final Destiny | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN Alberto di Giussano | Ansaldo -Genova | 29 March 1928 | 27 March 1930 | 1 January 1931 | 13 December 1941 | Sunk by 2 torpedoes of HMS Maori |
| RN Alberico da Barbiano | Ansaldo -Genova | 1928 | 23 August
1930 |
1931 | 13 December 1941 | Sunk by HMS Sikh, HMS Legion and HMS Maori |
| RN Bartolomeo Colleoni | Ansaldo -Genova | 21 Giugno 1928 | 21 December
1930 |
1932 | 19 Luglio 1940 | Sunk by various British Destroyers and HMAS Sydney |
| RN Giovanni delle Bande Nere | Castellammare di Stabia | 31 October 1928 | 27 April 1930 | 1 January 1931 | 1 April 1942 | Sunk by HMS Urge (N17) |
Luigi Cadorna-class
| Ship name | Builder | Setting | Launch | Entry in service | Final Destiny | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN Luigi Cadorna/
Luigi Cardorna |
C.R.D.A. - Trieste | 1930 | 30 September 1931 | 11 August 1933 | 1951 | Disbarred and demolished |
| RN Armando Diaz | O.T.O. - La Spezia | 1930 | 1932 | 29 April 1933 | 25 February 1941 | Sunk by HMS Upright (N89) |
Raimondo Montecuccoli-class
| Ship name | Builder | Setting | Launch | Entry in service | Final Destiny | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN Raimondo Montecuccoli/
Raimondo Montecuccoli |
Ansaldo - Genova | 1 October 1931 | 2 August 1934 | 30 Giugno 1935 | 31 May 1964 | Disbarred and after
Demolished in 1972 |
| RN Muzio Attendolo | C.R.D.A. - Trieste | 10 April 1933 | 9 September 1934 | 7 Agosto 1935 | 18 October 1946 | Disbarred |
Duca D'Aosta-class
| Ship name | Builder | Setting | Launch | Entry in service | Final Destiny | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN Emanuele Diliberto Duca d'Aosta/
Z-15 Kerch |
O.T.O. - Livorno | 29 October 1932 | 22 April 1934 | 17 March 1935 | 2 March 1949 | Disbarred by Italian Navy and given to Russian Navy on 4 March. Disbarred in 20 February 1959 and demolished in 1961 with the Russian Navy |
| RN Eugenio di Savoia/
HHMS Elli |
Ansaldo - Genova | 6 Luglio 1933 | 16 March 1935 | 16 January 1936 | 26 Giugno 1951 | Given to Hellenic Navy (Greece). Disbarred and demolished in 1973 |
Duca degli Abruzzi-class
| Ship name | Builder | Setting | Launch | Entry in service | Final Destiny | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RN Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abbruzzi/
Duca degli Abbruzzi |
O.T.O. - La Spezia | 1933 | 1936 | 1937 | 1961 | Disbarred |
| RN Giuseppe Garibaldi/
Giuseppe Garibaldi (C551) |
C.R.D.A. - Trieste | 28 December 1933 | 21 April 1936 | 20 December 1937 | 16 November 1976 | Disbarred and demolished in September 1978 |
Sources
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/da_giussano.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/da_barbiano.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/colleoni.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/cadorna.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/diaz.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/LMNO/montecuccoli.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/attendolo.aspx
https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/duca_aosta.aspx
| Italy light cruisers | |
|---|---|
| Condottieri-class | RN Bartolomeo Colleoni · RN Raimondo Montecuccoli · RN Eugenio di Savoia · RN Duca degli Abruzzi |
| Capitani Romani-class | RN Attilio Regolo |
| Etna-class | RN Etna |
| USSR light cruisers | |
|---|---|
| Imperial Russia | |
| Svetlana-class | Krasny Krym* · Krasny Kavkaz* |
| * Laid down by Imperial Russian Navy; Finished and renamed by the USSR | |
| Project | Soviet Union |
| Pr.26 | Kirov · Voroshilov · Maxim Gorky |
| Pr.68 | Chapayev · Zheleznyakov |
| Pr.68-bis | Sverdlov · Mikhail Kutuzov |
| Pr.68-bis-ZiF | Shcherbakov |
| Lend-Lease | USA |
| Omaha-class | Murmansk |
| Trophies | Italy |
| Condottieri-class | Kerch |
