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Ottaviano Augusto

Leichter Kreuzer  Capitani Romani  Class


Capitani Romani Class

Laid down as Italian Esploratori / Incrociatori Ieggeri Ottaviano Augusto


Contruction Data

Laid down:     C.N.R. Ancona, 23.09.1939
Launched:     31.05.1942
Commissioned:     
Fate:     sunk 01.11.1943.
Costs:     

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.

Ottaviano Augusto was captured in ancona while being in its final construction phase. It was sunk during an air attack on
01.11.1943.


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