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''Vittorio Veneto'' was the second member of the of battleships that served in the Italian ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy) during World War II. Her keel was laid down in October 1934, she was launched in July 1937, and she was readied for service with the Italian fleet by August 1940. She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto during World War I, and she had three sister ships: , , and , though only ''Littorio'' and ''Roma'' were completed during the war. She was armed with a main battery of nine guns in three triple turrets, and could steam at a speed of . ''Vittorio Veneto'' saw extensive service during the war and participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in November 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. She was damaged by torpedoes several times, including in the engagement off Cape Matapan and by the British submarine in December 1941, though she escaped undamaged during the British raid on Taranto in November 1940. She spent 1941 and early 1942 attempting to attack British convoys to Malta, but crippling fuel shortages in the Italian fleet curtailed activity thereafter. ''Vittorio Veneto'' was among the Italian ships that were surrendered to the Allies in September 1943 after Italy withdrew from the war, and she spent the following three years under British control in Egypt. After the war, she was allocated as a war prize to Britain and subsequently broken up for scrap. ==Description== (詳細はlong overall and had a beam of and a draft of . She was designed with a standard displacement of , a violation of the restriction of the Washington Naval Treaty; at full combat loading, she displaced . The ship was powered by four Belluzo geared steam turbines rated at . Steam was provided by eight oil-fired Yarrow boilers. The engines provided a top speed of and a range of at . ''Vittorio Veneto'' had a crew of 1,830 to 1,950 over the course of her career.〔Garzke and Dulin, p. 435〕〔Gardiner & Chesneau, p. 289〕 ''Vittorio Veneto''s main armament consisted of nine in three triple turrets; two turrets were placed forward in a superfiring arrangement and the third was located aft. Her secondary anti-surface armament consisted of twelve /55 Model 1934/35 guns in four triple turrets amidships. These were supplemented by four /40 Model 1891/92 guns in single mounts; these guns were old weapons and were primarily intended to fire star shells. ''Vittorio Veneto'' was equipped with an anti-aircraft battery that comprised twelve in single mounts, twenty /54 guns in eight twin and four single mounts, and sixteen /65 guns in eight twin mounts.〔Gardiner & Chesneau, pp. 289–290〕 EC 3 ter Gufo radar, which could detect surface targets at a range of and aircraft at , was installed in July 1943.〔Bagnasco & De Toro, pp. 100–102〕 The ship was protected by a main armored belt that was with a second layer of steel that was thick. The main deck was thick in the central area of the ship and reduced to in less critical areas. The main battery turrets were thick and the lower turret structure was housed in barbettes that were also 350 mm thick. The secondary turrets had 280 mm thick faces and the conning tower had thick sides.〔 ''Vittorio Veneto'' was fitted with a catapult on her stern and equipped with three IMAM Ro.43 reconnaissance float planes or Reggiane Re.2000 fighters.〔Bagnasco & de Toro, p. 48〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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