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Zara Class, Italian Heavy Cruisers.
By: cafs Date: August 2, 2019, 1:45 pm
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By Dimon, the Zara Class Italian Heavy Cruisers.
From Wiki :
[font=sans-serif]The [/font][font=sans-serif]Zara
class[/font][font=sans-serif] was a group of four
[/font][font=sans-serif]heavy cruisers
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_cruiser[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>built for the Italian [/font]Regia Marina
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina<br
/>[font=sans-serif](Royal Navy) in the late 1920s and the early
1930s. The class comprised the vessels
[/font][font=sans-serif]Zara
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Zara[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>[/font][font=sans-serif]Fiume
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Fiume[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>[/font][font=sans-serif]Gorizia
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Gorizia[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>and [/font][font=sans-serif]Pola
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Pola[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>the last of which was completed to a slightly different design
.
The ships were a substantial improvement over the preceding
[/font][font=sans-serif]Trento-class cruisers
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trento-class_cruiser[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>incorporating significantly heavier armor protection at the co
st
of the very high speed of the
[/font][font=sans-serif]Trento[/font][font=sans-serif]s. They
carried the same main battery of eight 203 mm (8.0 in) guns and
had a maximum speed of 32 [/font][font=sans-serif]knot
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(unit)[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>(59 km/h; 37 mph). Among the best-protected heavy cruisers bui
lt
by any navy in the 1930s, the heavy armor was acquired only by
violating the terms of the [/font][font=sans-serif]Washington
Naval Treaty
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>which limited cruiser displacement to 10,000 long tons (10,160
t).[/font]
[font=sans-serif] The ships of the
[/font][font=sans-serif]Zara[/font][font=sans-serif] class were
179.6 meters (589 ft) [/font][font=sans-serif]long at the
waterline
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_at_the_waterline[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>and 182.8 m (600 ft) [/font][font=sans-serif]long overall
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_overall[/font][font=sans-serif].<br
/>They had a [/font][font=sans-serif]beam
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam_(nautical)[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>of 20.62 m (67.7 ft) and a [/font][font=sans-serif]draft
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_(hull)[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>of 7.2 m (24 ft). The ships had a standard displacement of
11,326 to 11,712 long tons (11,508 to 11,900 t), and displaced
13,944 to 14,330 long tons (14,168 to 14,560 t) at full load,
with [/font][font=sans-serif]Fiume[/font][font=sans-serif] being
the lightest of the four and
[/font][font=sans-serif]Gorizia[/font][font=sans-serif] the
heaviest. The first three ships were built with light
superstructures as a weight saving measure, but
[/font][font=sans-serif]Pola[/font][font=sans-serif], intended
to serve as a [/font][font=sans-serif]flagship
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>received a much larger [/font][font=sans-serif]bridge
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>structure to accommodate an admiral's staff. All four ships
received two tripod [/font][font=sans-serif]masts
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_(sailing)[/font][font=sans-serif],<br
/>with the forward mast erected over the bridge. They had a crew
of 841 officers and enlisted men. The ships carried a pair of
[/font][font=sans-serif]IMAM Ro.43
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAM_Ro.43[/font]<br
/>[font=sans-serif]seaplanes
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>for aerial reconnaissance; the hangar was located under the
forecastle and a fixed [/font][font=sans-serif]catapult
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_catapult[/font][font=sans-serif]<br
/>was mounted on the [/font][font=sans-serif]centerline
HTML https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/centerline[/font]<br
/>[font=sans-serif][/size]at the bow.[/font]
[font=sans-serif]At the periscope height :[size=21px][/font]
[img width=640
height=360]
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/tCDmKfMZ/2019-08-02-18-13-11.jpg[/img]
[img width=640
height=360]
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/8zJBZ0QV/2019-08-02-18-13-34.jpg[/img]
Zara and Fiume :
[img width=640
height=360]
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/4yyhmYXT/2019-08-02-18-14-56.jpg[/img]
From a Ba-65:
[img width=640
height=360]
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/JnZBXfkp/2019-08-02-18-42-02.jpg[/img]
[img width=640
height=360]
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/B69jJmVH/2019-08-02-18-43-30.jpg[/img]
Thank you, Dimon. :D :D :D
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Re: Zara Class, Italian Heavy Cruisers.
By: Dimon Vertex Date: August 2, 2019, 2:11 pm
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Thank you Cafs, take pictures superb!👍
#Post#: 3163--------------------------------------------------
Re: Zara Class, Italian Heavy Cruisers.
By: vonofterdingen Date: August 3, 2019, 12:52 am
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I agree. Very nice historical piece.
#Post#: 3164--------------------------------------------------
Re: Zara Class, Italian Heavy Cruisers.
By: Dimon Vertex Date: August 3, 2019, 1:04 am
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Thanks, Von! These ships have a unique front mast - the Martian
machine "War of the worlds"! :D
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