WesWorld

Actively serving Armored Cruisers of the Marina Militare.

Ships in class
Zara Laid down 1927, reconstructed 1941
Fiume Laid down 1927, reconstructed 1941
Pola Laid down 1927, reconstructed 1941



Displacement:
11,367 t light; 11,843 t standard; 13,155 t normal; 14,206 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
603.33 ft / 590.55 ft x 67.59 ft x 23.79 ft (normal load)
183.89 m / 180.00 m x 20.60 m x 7.25 m

Armament:
8 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns in single mounts, 276.24lbs / 125.30kg shells, 1927 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
16 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 14.86lbs / 6.74kg shells, 1941 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all forward, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.53lbs / 0.24kg shells, 1927 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 2,458 lbs / 1,115 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.91" / 150 mm 370.73 ft / 113.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 97 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 5.91" / 150 mm 3.94" / 100 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 2.76" / 70 mm, Conning tower: 5.91" / 150 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 96,400 shp / 71,914 Kw = 31.62 kts
Range 4,215nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,363 tons

Complement:
613 - 798

Cost:
£3.880 million / $15.522 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 290 tons, 2.2 %
Armour: 2,896 tons, 22.0 %
- Belts: 912 tons, 6.9 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 575 tons, 4.4 %
- Armour Deck: 1,338 tons, 10.2 %
- Conning Tower: 71 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,043 tons, 23.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,073 tons, 38.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,788 tons, 13.6 %
Miscellaneous weights: 65 tons, 0.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
16,545 lbs / 7,505 Kg = 64.6 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 1.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 3.8 ft / 1.2 m
Roll period: 14.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.41
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.485
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.74 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.30 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 49
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 26.08 ft / 7.95 m
- Forecastle (19 %): 22.80 ft / 6.95 m
- Mid (65 %): 22.80 ft / 6.95 m (12.96 ft / 3.95 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (19 %): 12.96 ft / 3.95 m
- Stern: 12.96 ft / 3.95 m
- Average freeboard: 19.61 ft / 5.98 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 93.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 165.1 %
Waterplane Area: 26,236 Square feet or 2,437 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 116 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 123 lbs/sq ft or 599 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.02
- Longitudinal: 1.53
- Overall: 1.07
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Originaly by Red Admiral

Snips in class
San Pietro Layed down 1933, reconstructed 1944
San Sylvestro Layed down 1933, reconstructed 1944
San Gregorio Magno Layed down 1933, reconstructed 1944

Displacement:
13,320 t light; 13,990 t standard; 16,585 t normal; 18,661 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
639.76 ft / 623.36 ft x 65.62 ft (Bulges 75.69 ft) x 24.61 ft (normal load)
195.00 m / 190.00 m x 20.00 m (Bulges 23.07 m) x 7.50 m

Armament:
12 - 7.99" / 203 mm guns (4x3 guns), 291.01lbs / 132.00kg shells, 1933 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
20 - 2.99" / 76.0 mm guns (10x2 guns), 14.86lbs / 6.74kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 4 raised mounts - superfiring
12 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x3 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1944 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 3,814 lbs / 1,730 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 155

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 5.91" / 150 mm 385.50 ft / 117.50 m 11.48 ft / 3.50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 95 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 305.12 ft / 93.00 m 32.81 ft / 10.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 7.48" / 190 mm 4.92" / 125 mm 5.91" / 150 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3.54" / 90 mm, Conning tower: 2.76" / 70 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 86,000 shp / 64,156 Kw = 30.87 kts
Range 9,500nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,671 tons

Complement:
729 - 949

Cost:
£5.349 million / $21.397 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 426 tons, 2.6 %
Armour: 4,425 tons, 26.7 %
- Belts: 1,102 tons, 6.6 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 583 tons, 3.5 %
- Armament: 843 tons, 5.1 %
- Armour Deck: 1,858 tons, 11.2 %
- Conning Tower: 39 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 2,196 tons, 13.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,948 tons, 35.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,265 tons, 19.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 325 tons, 2.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
26,052 lbs / 11,817 Kg = 102.1 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 4.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.15
Metacentric height 3.5 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 17.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 57 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.44
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.02

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.500
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.24 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 28.95 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 23.50 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 30.18 ft / 9.20 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 21.98 ft / 6.70 m
- Mid (60 %): 21.98 ft / 6.70 m (13.78 ft / 4.20 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 13.78 ft / 4.20 m
- Stern: 13.78 ft / 4.20 m
- Average freeboard: 19.36 ft / 5.90 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 95.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 142.5 %
Waterplane Area: 28,340 Square feet or 2,633 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 132 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 130 lbs/sq ft or 637 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.28
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

50t RaA.6 Air Search radar
20t RaA.5 Air Search radar
20t RaS.4 Surface Search radar x2
30t 2 x GDR1R FC Systems
30t 6 x GDR5 FC Systems
50t Improved AA mountings
25t Enhanced Command Faclities
20t Emergency Diesel
45t Enhanced Command Facilities
15t Construction Reserve

Agusto Laid down 1932
Tiberio Laid down 1932
Caligola Laid down 1932



Displacement:
17,142 t light; 18,129 t standard; 20,577 t normal; 22,535 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
692.90 ft / 672.57 ft x 70.77 ft (Bulges 81.59 ft) x 26.25 ft (normal load)
211.20 m / 205.00 m x 21.57 m (Bulges 24.87 m) x 8.00 m

Armament:
6 - 12.01" / 305 mm guns (2x3 guns), 996.49lbs / 452.00kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
16 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (8x2 guns), 33.07lbs / 15.00kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
44 - 1.85" / 47.0 mm guns (11x4 guns), 3.86lbs / 1.75kg shells, 1932 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, 7 raised mounts
Weight of broadside 6,678 lbs / 3,029 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
16 - 23.6" / 600 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Classified
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.33" / 237 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 9.84 ft / 3.00 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Upper: 0.79" / 20 mm 65.62 ft / 20.00 m 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
Main Belt covers 98 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 426.51 ft / 130.00 m 26.25 ft / 8.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 10.6" / 270 mm 7.48" / 190 mm 8.27" / 210 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
3rd: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 7.48" / 190 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 86,000 shp / 64,156 Kw = 30.01 kts
Range 7,000nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 4,406 tons

Complement:
858 - 1,116

Cost:
£7.121 million / $28.484 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 728 tons, 3.5 %
Armour: 5,862 tons, 28.5 %
- Belts: 1,676 tons, 8.1 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 652 tons, 3.2 %
- Armament: 971 tons, 4.7 %
- Armour Deck: 2,442 tons, 11.9 %
- Conning Tower: 121 tons, 0.6 %
Machinery: 2,538 tons, 12.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 7,814 tons, 38.0 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 3,434 tons, 16.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 200 tons, 1.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
28,864 lbs / 13,092 Kg = 33.3 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.9 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.23
Metacentric height 4.3 ft / 1.3 m
Roll period: 16.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.43
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.04

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.500
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.24 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 30.06 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 47
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 29.53 ft / 9.00 m
- Forecastle (22 %): 18.04 ft / 5.50 m
- Mid (40 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Quarterdeck (10 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Stern: 18.04 ft / 5.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.01 ft / 5.49 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 97.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 121.7 %
Waterplane Area: 32,978 Square feet or 3,064 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 153 lbs/sq ft or 745 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.98
- Longitudinal: 1.22
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

Belt 30+200@15° 237average
Deck
0 forwards 150 magazines 100 machinery 70 aft 101.67 average

New shells for 305mm guns. Range c. 340hm

40t = 25mm deck over torpedoes
48t = 16x600mm TT

Originaly by Red Admiral

Ships in Class
Regina Elena Laid down 1942

Displacement:
30,000 t light; 31,539 t standard; 36,883 t normal; 41,158 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
885.83 ft / 853.02 ft x 88.58 ft (Bulges 91.86 ft) x 31.82 ft (normal load)
270.00 m / 260.00 m x 27.00 m (Bulges 28.00 m) x 9.70 m

Armament:
9 - 12.01" / 305 mm guns (3x3 guns), 996.49lbs / 452.00kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 5.98" / 152 mm guns (4x2 guns), 99.21lbs / 45.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on side, all amidships
16 - 2.99" / 76.0 mm guns (8x2 guns), 14.26lbs / 6.47kg shells, 1942 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
24 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (6x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
40 - 0.98" / 25.0 mm guns (10x4 guns), 0.48lbs / 0.22kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 10,046 lbs / 4,557 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 140

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 9.45" / 240 mm 554.46 ft / 169.00 m 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length

- Torpedo Bulkhead and Bulges:
1.57" / 40 mm 554.46 ft / 169.00 m 26.25 ft / 8.00 m

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 9.84" / 250 mm 3.94" / 100 mm 7.87" / 200 mm
2nd: 5.31" / 135 mm 2.76" / 70 mm 3.94" / 100 mm
3rd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -
5th: 0.39" / 10 mm - -

- Armour deck: 3.94" / 100 mm, Conning tower: 2.76" / 70 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 200,000 shp / 149,200 Kw = 34.66 kts
Range 7,000nm at 25.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 9,619 tons

Complement:
1,329 - 1,729

Cost:
£17.325 million / $69.299 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 1,120 tons, 3.0 %
Armour: 9,701 tons, 26.3 %
- Belts: 3,232 tons, 8.8 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 848 tons, 2.3 %
- Armament: 1,678 tons, 4.6 %
- Armour Deck: 3,877 tons, 10.5 %
- Conning Tower: 66 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 5,225 tons, 14.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 13,554 tons, 36.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,883 tons, 18.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 400 tons, 1.1 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
52,968 lbs / 24,026 Kg = 61.2 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 7.1 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.16
Metacentric height 5.5 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 16.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 60 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.55
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.518
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.29 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 33.46 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 53 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 56
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 11.98 ft / 3.65 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 36.09 ft / 11.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.61 ft / 7.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Stern: 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Average freeboard: 23.39 ft / 7.13 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 92.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 168.5 %
Waterplane Area: 53,232 Square feet or 4,945 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 125 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 169 lbs/sq ft or 824 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.99
- Longitudinal: 1.12
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent

50t RaA.6 Air Search radar
20t RaA.5 Air Search radar
20t RaS.4 Surface Search radar x2
30t 2 x GDR1R FC Systems
30t 6 x GDR5 FC Systems
40t Improved 152mm mountings (5t per gun)
60t Improved AA mountings
20t Emergency Diesel
75t Flagship-grade Command and Control Facilities
20t Improved Crew Comfort
15t Construction Reserve