Capitani Romani Class
| Laid down as Italian Esploratori / Incrociatori Ieggeri Caio Mario |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
O.T.O Livorno, 28.09.1939 |
| Launched: |
17.08.1941 |
| Commissioned: |
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| Fate: |
scuttled 1944 |
| 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.
Caio Mario
was captured in La Spezia, only the hull was completed. The ship was used as a floating oil tank and scuttles in 1944.
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