Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1933)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 1933 |
| Launched: | 21 April, 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Reconstructed: | 1953 |
| Fate: | reconstructed |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,350 tons standard,
11,735 tons full load |
| Length: | 171.1 – 187 m |
| Beam: | 18.9 m |
| Draught: | 6.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 100,000 hp |
| Speed: | 34 knots (62 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,125 miles at 13 knots |
| Complement: | 640 |
| Armament: | 10 152/55 mm,
8 90/50 mm, 8 37/54 mm, 12 20/65 mm, 6 533 mm torpedo launchers 2 anti-submarines bombers |
| Aircraft: | 4 |
| Protection: | max 140 mm (vertical)
40 mm (horizontal) |
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1933) was an Italian Duca degli Abruzzi class light cruiser, that served Regia Marina during World War II.
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Actions
1940
- 9 July: battle of Calabria, during which a shell from Giuseppe Garibaldi hit Neptune, damaging its catapult and the reconnaissance aircraft
- 1 September: operation Hats
- 29 September: operation MB 5
- 11 November: Night of Taranto
1941
Giuseppe Garibaldi, during World War II
- 27 March: battle of Cape Matapan
- 8 May: Tiger convoy
- 28 July: damaged by British submarine Upholder
- 20 November: Force K in Malta
1942
After the armistice (8 September 1943), it operated in the Atlantic ocean together with Allied ships.
In 1953, Giuseppe Garibaldi was converted into a guided missile cruiser (see Giuseppe Garibaldi (1957)).
References
Categories: Duca degli Abruzzi class cruisers