Capitani Romani Class
| Laid down as Italian Esploratori / Incrociatori Ieggeri Ottaviano Augusto |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
C.N.R. Ancona, 23.09.1939 |
| Launched: |
31.05.1942 |
| Commissioned: |
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| Fate: |
sunk 01.11.1943. |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
5420 t |
| Length: |
142,9 m |
| Beam: |
14,40 m |
| Draft: |
3,96 m |
| Armament: |
8 x 13,5 cm; 8 x 3,7 cm; 8 x 2 cm; 8 x 53,3 cm torpedo tubes;
70 mines |
| Performance: |
110000 shp, 40 kn |
History
The Capitani Romani class was a class of 12 fast but only very lightly protected cruisers laid down in Italy in 1939. They were comparable to the so called Spähkreuzer which were planned in the German Z-Plan. 5 of those ships were captured by the Germans in September 1943 which were still under construction.
Ottaviano Augusto
was captured in ancona while being in its final construction phase. It was sunk during an air attack on
01.11.1943.
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