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Conte di Cavour class
Conte di Cavour, Giulio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci
The first design in the second generation of Italian dreadnoughts, the Conti di Cavour class was also designed by Edoardo Masdea. They were ordered in response to the French Courbet-class battleships. They remedied many of the deficiencies of the previous design; the most significant improvement was a dramatically more effective arrangement of the main battery. Ten guns were arranged in twin turrets superfiring over triple turrets forward and aft, and a third triple turret was placed amidships. All thirteen guns could fire on the broadside, but the firing arcs for most of the guns were significantly improved.[
The three ships had limited careers during the Great War, and did not see action. On the night of 2/3 August 1916, Leonardo da Vinci was sunk by an internal explosion. She was raised in 1919; the navy planned to repair and modernize her, but lacked sufficient funds, and she was sold in 1923. The two surviving ships are being heavily rebuilt, (see below).
Andrea Doria class
Andrea Doria and Cailo Duilio
Vice Admiral Guiseppe Valsecchi was responsible for the next battleship design, the Andrea Doria class. The class comprised two vessels, Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio, and the design was based on the previous Conti di Cavour with minor modifications. These two ships were ordered in response to the French Bretagne class. As with the Conti di Cavours, the two Andrea Doria-class battleships are being significantly modernized: the central turret will be removed, the propulsion system will be completely replaced with more efficient machinery, and the secondary battery is being replaced replaced with new turret-mounted guns.
The two ships entered service in 1916, and were based in Taranto with the rest of the main fleet for the duration of the Great War. Both ships were involved in the Corfu incident in 1923.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_Italy
Conte di Cavour, Giulio Cesare and Leonardo da Vinci
The first design in the second generation of Italian dreadnoughts, the Conti di Cavour class was also designed by Edoardo Masdea. They were ordered in response to the French Courbet-class battleships. They remedied many of the deficiencies of the previous design; the most significant improvement was a dramatically more effective arrangement of the main battery. Ten guns were arranged in twin turrets superfiring over triple turrets forward and aft, and a third triple turret was placed amidships. All thirteen guns could fire on the broadside, but the firing arcs for most of the guns were significantly improved.[
The three ships had limited careers during the Great War, and did not see action. On the night of 2/3 August 1916, Leonardo da Vinci was sunk by an internal explosion. She was raised in 1919; the navy planned to repair and modernize her, but lacked sufficient funds, and she was sold in 1923. The two surviving ships are being heavily rebuilt, (see below).
Andrea Doria class
Andrea Doria and Cailo Duilio
Vice Admiral Guiseppe Valsecchi was responsible for the next battleship design, the Andrea Doria class. The class comprised two vessels, Andrea Doria and Caio Duilio, and the design was based on the previous Conti di Cavour with minor modifications. These two ships were ordered in response to the French Bretagne class. As with the Conti di Cavours, the two Andrea Doria-class battleships are being significantly modernized: the central turret will be removed, the propulsion system will be completely replaced with more efficient machinery, and the secondary battery is being replaced replaced with new turret-mounted guns.
The two ships entered service in 1916, and were based in Taranto with the rest of the main fleet for the duration of the Great War. Both ships were involved in the Corfu incident in 1923.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battleships_of_Italy