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1/600 Capitani Romani (1943) Deck
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The Capitani Romani class were a series of scout cruisers ordered by the Italian Regia Marina in 1939. Designed to counter the newest Le Fantasque and Mogador class large contre-torpilleurs, the ships fundamentally sacrificed everything in favour of an extremely high speed of 41 kn and the main battery of eight 135 mm guns, on a supersized destroyer hull (3750 ton standard). The armament (as designed) was arranged in four twin mounts, two at the bow and two at the stern, augmented by two quadruple 533 mm torpedo tube launchers and a massive complement of 70 mines. AA defence consisted of eight single 37 mm and four twin 20 mm Breda machine guns.
Twelve hulls were ordered in 1939, but only four will be completed before September 1943, the rest being partially dismantled or scuttled before the armistice or by German occupation forces. All vessels were named after prominent ancient Romans (therefore the name of the class)
Attilio Regolo was completed in May 1942 and was used mainly as a minelayer until a torpedo fired by a British submarine blew off her bow. She was repaired and ceded to France as Chateaurenault in 1948 as war reparations.
Scipione Africano entered service in April 1943 and was too ceded to France after the war, renamed Guichen.
Pompeo Magno was completed before the armistice but saw little to no service, and while earmarked for transfer to France as well she never left Italian ports; in the early 1950s she was reconstructed using US 5''/38 twin mounts and modern fire control directors. Renamed San Giorgio and reclassified as a destroyer leader, she remained in service until 1980.
Giulio Germanico was not completed and was captured by the Germans while fitting out; scuttled in September 1943 but raised after the war, the ship was reconstructed along the lines of sister Pompeo Magno/San Giorgio and entered service in the 1950s under the name San Marco, decommisioned in 1971.
Twelve hulls were ordered in 1939, but only four will be completed before September 1943, the rest being partially dismantled or scuttled before the armistice or by German occupation forces. All vessels were named after prominent ancient Romans (therefore the name of the class)
Attilio Regolo was completed in May 1942 and was used mainly as a minelayer until a torpedo fired by a British submarine blew off her bow. She was repaired and ceded to France as Chateaurenault in 1948 as war reparations.
Scipione Africano entered service in April 1943 and was too ceded to France after the war, renamed Guichen.
Pompeo Magno was completed before the armistice but saw little to no service, and while earmarked for transfer to France as well she never left Italian ports; in the early 1950s she was reconstructed using US 5''/38 twin mounts and modern fire control directors. Renamed San Giorgio and reclassified as a destroyer leader, she remained in service until 1980.
Giulio Germanico was not completed and was captured by the Germans while fitting out; scuttled in September 1943 but raised after the war, the ship was reconstructed along the lines of sister Pompeo Magno/San Giorgio and entered service in the 1950s under the name San Marco, decommisioned in 1971.
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