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The Littorio class : Italy's last and largest battleships 1937-1948 / Ermino Bagnasco and Augusto de Toro.
- Title
- The Littorio class : Italy's last and largest battleships 1937-1948 / Ermino Bagnasco and Augusto de Toro.
- Author
- Bagnasco, Erminio.
- Publication
- Barnsley : Seaforth, 2011.
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- Additional Authors
- De Toro, Augusto.
- Description
- 356 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- "Italy's final battleship design produced one of Europe's largest and most powerful capital ship classes, comparable with Germany's acclaimed Bismarck. The three completed ships of the Littorio class were typical of Italian design, being fast and elegant, but also boasting a revolutionary protective scheme - which was tested to the limits, as all three were to be heavily damaged at some point in the hard-fought naval war in the Mediterranean ..."--Back cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-350) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Battleships and Italian naval policy between the two world wars -- 2. Design and general characteristics -- 3. Technical description -- 4. Construction, sea trials and commissioning -- 5. Operational history -- 6. Comparison and conclusions -- Appendices (1. Movements and changes of location of the Littorio class battleships from entry into service until their loss or decommissioning ; 2. Damage sustained by Littorio class battleships during the [Second World] War ; 3. Performance characteristics of Littorio class heavy and medium calibre guns).
- ISBN
- 9781848321052 (hbk.)
- 1848321058 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 751538007
- SCSB-11723455
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library