Conte di Cavour

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Conte di Cavour was an Italian Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleship that served in the Regia Marina during both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Conte di Cavour canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian battleship ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armament 10 × 320 mm main guns (after reconstruction) ⓘ
13 × 305 mm main guns (as built) ⓘ
anti-aircraft guns (various calibers, WWII era) ⓘ
secondary battery of 120 mm guns (various numbers over career) ⓘ
beam approximately 28 meters (as built) ⓘ
builder Cantieri Ansaldo, Genoa ⓘ
linked to: Ansaldo
capturedBy German forces (after Italian armistice, 1943) ⓘ
class Conte di Cavour-class battleship ⓘ
commissioned 1 April 1915 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
damagedBy British carrier-based aircraft ⓘ
damagedIn Battle of Taranto ⓘ
linked to: Attack on Taranto
dateOfSignificantDamage night of 11–12 November 1940 ⓘ
displacement approximately 23,000 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ
approximately 29,000 tons (full load, reconstructed) ⓘ
enteredService 1915 ⓘ
era early 20th century naval ship ⓘ
fate never fully returned to operational service after 1940 damage ⓘ
homePort Taranto (various periods) ⓘ
hullNumber not commonly used; identified by name in Regia Marina service ⓘ
intendedUseAfterRefloating reconstruction and return to service ⓘ
laidDown 10 August 1910 ⓘ
launched 10 August 1911 ⓘ
length approximately 176 meters (as built) ⓘ
locationDuringLateWar Trieste ⓘ
linked to: Trieste, Italy
maximumSpeed approximately 21 knots (as built) ⓘ
approximately 27 knots (after reconstruction) ⓘ
memberOf Conte di Cavour-class battleship ⓘ
modernizedBy extensive reconstruction in the 1930s ⓘ
namedAfter Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour ⓘ
navalArchitectureFeature all-big-gun main battery (dreadnought layout) ⓘ
operator Regia Marina ⓘ
linked to: Italian Navy
propulsion coal-fired boilers (as built) ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
reconstructed 1933–1937 ⓘ
refloated 1941 ⓘ
scrapped post-World War II ⓘ
scrappedInCountry Italy ⓘ
servedInConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
serviceBranch Regia Marina ⓘ
linked to: Italian Navy
statusAfterDamage beached to prevent sinking ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Taranto ⓘ
linked to: Attack on Taranto

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Calabria → shipInvolved → Conte di Cavour ⓘ
Attack on Taranto → damagedShip → Conte di Cavour ⓘ
Attack on Taranto → sankOrDisabled → Conte di Cavour ⓘ
Giulio Cesare → sisterShip → Conte di Cavour ⓘ