Dimensions
- Displacement
- 14560t
- Length
- 182,8 m
- Beam
- 20,6 m
- Draft
- 7,2 m
14560tDisplacement
182,8 mLength
33 knSpeed
28.12.1930Launch
Wartime history
Capture and fate
The Gorizia was the last surviving cruiser of the Zara class. Damaged by an air raid on 10.04.1943, the ship was undergoing repairs in September 1943 when Italy surrendered. Scuttled by the Italians the ship was raised by the Germans but it was decided not to repair the ship. Moved to the entrance of La Spezia harbor, the Gorizia was damaged and sunk in shallow waters by an combined Italian-British assault raid. After the war, the wreck was raised and scrapped.
Ship data
Technical profile
Dimensions, armament and machinery of the original or projected ship.
Armament
- Main battery
- 8 x 20,3 cm
- Secondary battery
- 12 x 10,0 cm
- Heavy anti-aircraft
- 8 x 3,7 cm
- Light anti-aircraft
- 8 x 1,32 cm
Performance
- Machinery and speed
- 95000 shp, 33 kn
Service record
Construction record
- Laid down
- O.T.O Livorno, 17.03.1930
- Launched
- 28.12.1930
- Commissioned
- 23.12.1931
- Fate
- scrapped after 1946