Italian cruiser Fiume
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| Name: | Fiume |
| Namesake: | Fiume |
| Fate: | Sunk, 29 March 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Zara-class cruiser |
| Displacement: |
11,870 t (11,683 long tons) standard 14,530 t (14,301 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 182.8 m (599 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 20.6 m (67 ft 7 in) |
| Draught: | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 95,000 shp (71,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
8 × 3-drum Thornycroft boilers 2 × Parsons steam turbines |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range: | 5,361 nmi (9,929 km; 6,169 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 841 |
| Armament: |
4 × 2 - 203 mm (8 in)/53 cal. guns 8 × 2 - 100 mm (3.9 in)/47 cal. guns 6 × 1 - 40 mm/49 cal. guns 8 × 13.2 mm machine guns |
| Armour: | Maximum 70 mm (2.8 in) vertical, 150 mm (5.9 in) horizontal |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 |
The Fiume was a Zara class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina. Her name derives from the city of Fiume and her motto Sic indeficienter virtus (thus with inexhaustible valour) derived from the city's motto since 1659, Indeficienter.[1]
Service
Built in the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at Trieste, she entered service at the end of 1931. At the start of the Second World War she was assigned to 1st Cruiser Division, based at Taranto. During the war she and her sister cruisers Zara and Pola fought together in the Battle of Cape Matapan, during which were all sunk on 29 March 1941.
Notes
- ↑ (Italian) I motti delle navi italiane, Rome, Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare, 1962 p.42
Coordinates: 35°21′N 20°57′E / 35.350°N 20.950°E
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