Italian cruiser Alberico da Barbiano
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | april 16 1928 |
| Launched: | August 23, 1930 |
| Commissioned: | June 9 1931 |
| Fate: | Sunk on December 13, 1941 |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,571 tons standard 6,954 tons full load |
| Length: | 169.3 m |
| Beam: | 15.5 m |
| Draught: | 5.3 m |
| Propulsion: | 6 boilers, 2 shafts, 95,000 hp |
| Speed: | 37 knots (67 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,800 miles at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 507 |
| Armament: | 8 × 152 mm / 53 caliber in 4 dual mountings, 6 × 100 mm / 47 caliber (anti-aircraft), 8 × 37 mm / 54 caliber 8 × 13.2 mm, 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 |
| Protection: | side 20 mm., deck 24 mm., turrets 23 mm. |
Alberico da Barbiano was an Italian Condottieri class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after Alberico da Barbiano, an Italian condottiere of the 14th century.
Da Barbiano was launched on 23 August 1930. During her trails she managed to reach a speed of 42,05 knots but to do that the propulsion was pushed to 123,479 hp, far beyond the safety limits. She could only maintain this speed for about 30 minutes. On July 9, 1940 she was present at the battle of Punto Stilo. On September 1 she was assigned as a training ship but on March 1 1941 was placed in active service. She was sunk on 13 December 1941 in the Battle of Cape Bon by an Allied destroyer flotila. The Alberico Da Barbiano and Alberto di Guissano (another cruiser of the same class) were both lost in this action.
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