Italian cruiser Alberico da Barbiano
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| Name: | Alberico da Barbiano |
| Namesake: | Alberico da Barbiano |
| Laid down: | 16 April 1928 |
| Launched: | 23 August 1930 |
| Commissioned: | 9 June 1931 |
| Fate: | Sunk at the Battle of Cape Bon, 13 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Di Giussano-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,571 tonnes (6,467 LT) (standard) 6,954 tonnes (6,844 LT) (full load) |
| Length: | 169.3 m (555 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion: | 6 boilers 2 shafts 95,000 hp |
| Speed: | 37 knots (69 km/h/43 mph) |
| Range: | 3,800 nmi (7,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h/21 mph) |
| Complement: | 507 |
| Armament: | 8 × 152 mm (6 in)/53 guns in 4 twin mountings 6 × 100 mm (3.9 in)/47 guns in 3 twin mountings 8 × 37 mm/53 machine-guns 8 × 13.2 mm machine-guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Decks: 20 mm (0.79 in) Belt: 24 mm (0.94 in) Turrets: 23 mm (0.91 in) Tower: 40 mm (1.6 in) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × CANT 25AR (later Ro.43) seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 × catapult launcher |
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 trials she managed to reach a speed of 42.05 knots (48.39 mph/77.88 km/h), 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 flotilla. The Alberico Da Barbiano and Alberto di Guissano (another cruiser of the same class) were both lost in this action.
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