Italian cruiser Eugenio di Savoia
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 6 July 1933 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 16 January 1936 |
| Fate: | Given to the Greek Navy as a war reparation 1949, Scrapped in 1964 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8,450 tonnes standard
10,539 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 186.9 meters |
| Beam: | 17.5 meters |
| Draught: | 6.1 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Belluzzo/Parsons geared turbines
6 Yarrow boillers 110,000 horsepower |
| Speed: | 36.5 knots |
| Range: | 3,900 nautical miles at 14 knots |
| Complement: | 578 men |
| Armament: | 8 6 inch (152mm) guns (4 × 2)
6 3.9 inch (100mm) guns (3 × 2) 8 37  mm guns (4 x 2) 12 13.2 mm guns (4 × 2) |
| Aircraft: | 2 aircraft, 1 catapult |
| Protection: | 35 mm deck
70 mm main belt 90 mm turrets 100 mm conning tower |
Eugenio di Savoia was a Condottieri class light cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She survived the war but was given as a war reparation to the Hellenic Navy in 1947. She was renamed Elli and served until 1964.
[edit] Design
Eugenio di Savoia was part of the fourth group of Condottieri light cruisers, also known as Duca d'Aosta class. The design of the Duca d'Aosta class was based on the Montecuccoli class, with a slight increase in size and a significant increase in armour. The machinery was also re-arranged.
Eugenio di Savoia was built by Ansaldo, Genoa, and named after Prince Eugene of Savoy. It is ironic that both Eugenio di Savoia and her Kriegsmarine namesake Prinz Eugen honour a General who was such a staunch ally of the British in an earlier era.
[edit] Career
The ship joined the 7th cruiser division and went on a circumnavigation of the globe with her sister ship in 1938-39. Returning to La Spezia in March 1939. During the war she fought in the following actions;
After the armistice in 1943, she was used as a training ship in Suez. She was trasferred to Greece in 1949 as part of the Peace treaty. She was renamed Elli (Έλλη) and served until 1965.
[edit] References
- M.J. Whitley, Cruisers of World War Two, 1995, Arms and armour Press ISBN 1-86019-874-0
