Italian battleship Roma (1940)
- This page is about the 1940 dreadnought battleship. For other Roma battleships of the Regia Marina, see Italian battleship Roma.
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| Fate: | Sunk |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 43,624 tons standard,
45,752 tons full load |
| Length: | 224.5 – 237.8 m |
| Beam: | 32.9 m |
| Draught: | 10.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 140,000 hp |
| Speed: | 31,45 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,920 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 1,830 (1,910 as flagship) |
| Armament: | 3x3 381/50 mm,
4x3 155/55 mm, 12 90/50 mm (anti-aircraft), 20 37/50 mm, 30 20/65 mm |
| Aircraft: | 3 |
| Protection: | max 350 mm (vertical)
220 mm (horizontal) |
Roma was an Italy Vittorio Veneto class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was built in 1940.
Roma was sunk on 9 September 1943, by a German Fritz X bomb launched from a Dornier Do 217 aircraft. It was thus the first capital ship to be sunk by a guided anti-ship missile.
She was en route to the surrender point where she exploded after being hit by a Fritz X bomb, killing almost everyone on board.
| Vittorio Veneto-class battleship |
| Vittorio Veneto | Littorio | Impero | Roma |
| List of battleships of the Regia Marina |
Categories: Vittorio Veneto class battleships | Italy-related stubs | Naval stubs