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Italy's Taranto class Cruisers
Design
The Taranto was a World War I prize taken from the Germans on July 20, 1920.
To prevent the Germans from taking Taranto after the Italian surrender her crew scuttled her. She was raised, sunk in a bombing raid, refloated, then sunk for a last time in a bombing raid on September 23, 1944.
Ships
Taranto
- Formerly: Strassburg.
- Manufacturer: KMW at Wilhelmshaven
- 1910, April 1910: Laid down.
- August 24, 1911: Launched.
- October 9, 1912, December 1912: Completed.
- 1936 - 1937: Modernization. Removed forward funnel and boiler room.
- October 1940: Occupation of Crete.
- September 9, 1943: Scuttled in La Spezia by crew.
- ? 1943: Refloated.
- October 23, 1943: Sunk in bombing raid.
- ? 1943: Refloated.
- September 23, 1944: Sunk in bombing raid.
Specifications
| Taranto class | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 445, 476 |
| Displacement | 3,184 tons |
| Displacement - Loaded | 5,100 tons, 5,840 tons |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Length | 455' 138.7 m |
| Length - Water Line | 446', 446' 2.4" 136 m |
| Length - Between Perpendiculars | 440' 6" |
| Beam | 44', 44' 3" 13.5 m |
| Draft / Height | 12' 4", 15' 4" 4.7 m |
| Draft / Height - Maximum | 16' 9" |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 21 knots |
| Range at 12 knots | 5,000 nautical miles |
| Armament | 5.9": 7 |
| Anti-Aircraft | 3", 75 mm: 2 20 mm: 8 Machine guns, 13.2 mm machine guns: 3, 10 |
| Mines | 120 |
| Aircraft | 1 |
| Armor | |
| Belt - Main | 2.5" 6 cm |
| Control Tower | 4" 10 cm |
| Deck - Main | 2" 5 cm |
| Gun Shields | 5 cm |
| Engines | |
| Boilers | Schultz-Thornycroft: 14 |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | Parsons |
| HP | 13,000 |
| Coal | 1,330 tons |
| Oil | 130 tons |
Sources:
- Cruisers of World War Two An International Encyclopedia, M. J. Whitley, 1995
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, Robert Gardiner, 1987
- Janes' Fighting Ships of World War II, 1989
