Italian cruiser Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 29 October 1932 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 13 July 1935 |
| Fate: | Given to the Soviet Navy as a war reparation 1949, Scrapped in 1960's |
| 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 boilers 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 |
Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta 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 Soviet Navy in 1949. She was renamed Kerch by the Russians and served in the Black Sea Fleet until the 1960s.
[edit] Design
Duca d'Aosta was part of the fourth group of Condottieri light cruisers. The design of 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.
Duca d'Aosta was built by OTO Livorno and was named after Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, an Italian Field Marshall of World War I.
[edit] Career
The ship joined the 7th cruiser division and went on a circumnavigation of the globe in 1938-39, returning to La Spezia in March 1939. During the war she fought in the following actions;
After the Italian Armistice she was employed by the Allies on blockade duties in the South Atlantic
[edit] References
- M.J. Whitley, Cruisers of World War Two, 1995, Arms and Armour Press ISBN 1-86019-874-0
