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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
		Vittorio Veneto's keel was laid in 1934 at Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste; she was launched on 25 July 1937, and her construction was completed in 1940, after Italy had entered in war against France and the United Kingdom.
		Vittorio Veneto took part in the battle of Cape Teulada (27 November 1940), where her firepower (19 shells in 7 salvos from long range) caused the seven-cruiser British squadron to withdraw.
		After the armistice of 8 September 1943, Vittorio Veneto was sent to Egypt, and was interned in the Great Bitter Lake, in the Suez Canal; a proposal to allow the battleship to fight side-by-side with the Allies in southern France and in the Pacific Ocean was dismissed because of political and operational considerations.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Italian_battleship_Vittorio_Veneto (422 words)

	sociology - Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
		Vittorio Veneto was an Italian Vittorio Veneto class battleship, that served in the Regia Marina during the World War II.
		Vittorio Veneto' keel was laid down in 1934 at Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste; she was launched on 25 July 1937, and her construction was completed in 1940, after Italy entered in war against France and United Kingdom.
		Vittorio Veneto took part to the battle of Cape Teulada (27 November 1940), where her firepower (19 shells in 7 salvos from long range) caused the 7 cruiser British squad to disengage and withdraw.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Italian_battleship_Vittorio_Veneto (297 words)

	Matapan
		Unknown to the Italian admiralty, the three British battleships based in Alexandria, the Barham, Valiant and Warspite, were, along with the aircraft carrier Formidable, escorting the very same convoy.
		At 12:25 PM on the 28th, the cruiser Trieste informed the Italian Commander Admiral Iachino of the presence of a British Flying Boat (Sunderland); the Italian element of surprise was thus lost.
		Italian casualties were staggering, with many of the sailors dying of cold and fatigue before the arrival of the hospital ship Gradisca.
	www.regiamarina.net /battles/matapan/matapan_us.htm (608 words)

	ITALIAN BATTLESHIP VITTORIO VENETO INFO AND TIPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto, during World War I.
		During the war in the Mediterranean Sea, ''Vittorio Veneto'' took part in 56 war missions, among which 11 were to hunt enemy ships.
		After the armistice of 8 September1943, ''Vittorio Veneto'' reached Egypt, and was blocked in Great Bitter Lake, in the Suez Canal; there was a proposal to allow the battleship to fight side-by-side with the Allies in southern France and in the Pacific Ocean, but the proposal was dismissed because of political and operational considerations.
	www.ihabits.com /Italian_battleship_Vittorio_Veneto (327 words)

	Veneto - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Veneto is one of the two Italian Regions whose inhabitants are granted the status of «popolo» (i.e.
		Veneto is also home for Venetism, a political movement which appeared during the 1970s and 80s, proclaiming autonomy for the region, considered as a nation separated from Italy, and promoting Venetian culture, language and history.
		Veneto has a long tradition of high quality public health care, which can be traced to the historical heritage of the Republic of Venice.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Veneto (2630 words)

	World War II Tributes: Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		However the Italians actually had a very serious drawback, their commander had been given explicit orders to avoid combat unless it was heavily in their favour, a decisive battle was out of the question.
		The Italians were organized into three groups, two centered on six heavy cruisers and seven destoyers, and a third consisting of two battleships and another seven destroyers in the rear.
		During this time the Italian destroyer Lanciere was hit by a salvo from Manchester and seriously damaged, although she was towed to port after the battle, and British heavy cruiser Berwick was hit by a single 8-inch shell on her Y Turret, which was knocked out, and a second hit which did little damage.
	www.worldwar2tributes.com /battle.php?id=79 (729 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Mediterranean 1941 - Worldwar-2.net
		The British submarine, HMS Upholder, sinks the Italian Cruiser Armando Diaz to the southwest of Malta.
		Italian motorboats with 33 Italian naval assault troops attempt to enter Valletta harbour on the island of Malta to attack British ships, but are discovered.
		Frogmen of the Italian Navy penetrate the port of Alexandria in Egypt and cripple the British battleships HMS Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, along with a destroyer and a tanker.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-at-sea/mediterranean/mediterranean-index-1941.htm (808 words)

	Battle of Cape Spartivento - Article about Battle of Cape Spartivento
		On the night of 17 November an Italian force containing two battleships (''Vittorio Veneto'' and ''Giulio Cesare'') and a number of other units just missed the opportunity to intercept British ships on their way to deliver aircraft to Malta.
		However the Italians had a very serious limitation: their commander had been given orders to avoid combat unless it was heavily in their favor, so a decisive battle was out of the question.
		During this time the Italian destroyer ''Lanciere'' was hit by a salvo from ''Manchester'' and seriously damaged, although she was towed to port after the battle.
	yawiki.org /proc/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento (916 words)

	Four Days Aboard the Vittorio Veneto
		We are glad to present copy of a memorandum written by Lieutenant Battersby of the Royal Navy, Liaison Officer aboard the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto from September 12th to September 16th, 1943.
		The Italian's draught might not permit her passage through the great pass, as the Italian charts showed this as being 34 feet.
		During the forenoon I discovered that the Italians had an injured man whom it was desirable to land and I made the necessary arrangements through Staff Officer Operations, Rear Admiral Force ‘H' and the Berthing Officer, Mersa Saroch.
	www.regiamarina.net /others/vittorio_veneto/liaison_us.htm (2156 words)

	WW2DB: Battle of Matapan
		Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, eight cruisers, and 13 destroyers under the command of Admiral Angelo Iachino set to sea to hunt for a detected British convoy.
		Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto was only lightly damaged in the initial engagement, but it made Iachino realize that without air cover his fleet was at a disadvantage, therefore he ordered his fleet to return to port.
		The Italian loss of three heavy cruisers and two destroyers was a stark contrast from the damage suffered by the British.
	www.ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=104 (497 words)

	Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
		Vittorio Veneto was an Italian Vittorio class battleship, that served in the Regia Marina during the World War II.
		battle of Cape Teulada]]''Vittorio Veneto'' took part to the battle of Cape Teulada (27 November 1940), where her firepower (19 shells in 7 salvos from long range) caused the 7 cruiser British squad to disengage and withdraw.
		After the armistice of 8 September1943, Vittorio Veneto reached Egypt, and was blocked in Laghi Amari (''Bitter Lakes''); there was a proposal to allow the battleship to fight side-by-side with the Allies in southern France and in Pacific Ocean, but the proposal was dismissed because of political and operational considerations.
	www.datamass.net /it/italian-battleship-vittorio-veneto.html (381 words)

	Cape Matapan
		Although the Italian Airforce was designated to provide air cover for the ship's they failed to carry out even the most basic reconnaissance which would prove to be of vital importance later on.
		On learning of the position of the Italian battleship the HMS Formidable launched 3 separate airstrikes at 1130 hours, 1530 hours and the last one at around 1700 hours these torpedo bombers scored a hit on the Vittorio Veneto near her port propeller damaging her, although she was able to keep
		The Italians once again were taken by surprise the crews were mostly asleep and the ships totally unprepared for action with the guns still trained for and aft.
	members.tripod.com /~colemangr/Cape_Matapan.htm (533 words)

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		The Italian Committee on Naval Projects decided that a capital ship of such limited displacement was not practical, so work on the 18,000-ton pocket battleship was abandoned in favor of a capital ship that could match the power and speed of the new French Dunkerque Class.
		This design became the Vittorio Veneto Class battleships, but the decision to develop them instead of the 26,500-ton battlecruiser, rather than in parallel to it, was probably not the right one.
		While the Vittorio Veneto Class ships were quite good, their long building times meant that they were not available in the crucial, early days of the war in the Med.
	www.bobhenneman.info /ItalyHome.htm (1769 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Littorio (renamed Italia), Vittorio Veneto, Impero and Roma.
		The Enterprise destroyed one of the battleships by deploying a Metreon cloud which was detonated by a Son'a photon torpedo, now known as 'The Riker Maneuver'.
		The Iowa class was the last battleship line built by the United States, as naval power had shifted to being primarily aircraft carrier based.
	www.lycos.com /info/battleship--ships.html?page=3 (389 words)

	Vittorio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Italian battleships are among the most attractive capital ships ever built, and the 46,000 ton ships of the Littorio class (Littorio, Roma, Vittorio Veneto, and Impero) are perhaps the most beautiful of the lot.
		Littorio class battleships were large, 788' long and 108' in the beam.
		The instructions are in Italian but include a large, clear exploded view which is worth 10,000 words.
	www.steelnavy.com /cwkagero2.htm (622 words)

	Venice apartments, Veneto tourist information
		It is located in the northeastern part of the country, bordering on the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, the autonomic regions of Trentino-South Tyrol and Friuli Venezia Giulia and the republic of Austria.
		It lies between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea and is traversed by the rivers of Po, Adige, Brenta and Piave.
		Veneto is one of the two Italian Regions whose inhabitants are granted the status of «popolo» (i.e.
	www.ladolcevitarentals.com /eng/veneto_tourist_information.asp (464 words)

	Warship Pictures
		American battleship USS Oklahoma in the years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, where she was struck by multiple torpedoes and capsized in 11 minutes.
		British battleship HMS King George V in 1941, the year she engaged the Bismarck (photograph courtesy of the Imperial War Museum).
		Italian battleship Littorio (ex-Italia) on September 9, 1943 as she approaches Malta to surrender (photograph courtesy of the Imperial War Museum).
	www.chuckhawks.com /warship_pictures.htm (822 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| Battle of Cape Matapan: World War II Italian Naval Massacre
		At their urging, and because of the general feeling at Supermarina (Italian naval headquarters) that an attempt should be made to re-establish the dynamics of conflict in the area, Operation Gaudo was born.
		The Italians were further motivated by Luftwaffe reports on March 15, 1941, indicating that two of the three British battleships in the Mediterranean had been severely damaged and were not operational.
		On July 9, 1940, the Royal Navy caught the Italians off the coast of Calabria, where a first-round hit was scored by the battleship HMS Warspite on the battleship Giulio Cesare, disabling her for months.
	historynet.com /wwii/blitaliannavalmassacre (1468 words)

	Italian Royal Navy in World War Two: main battles
		Three Italian cruisers (Trento, Trieste and Bolzano) saw, at 07.55, four English cruisers, that changed their route and went away towards south-east, where it was the rest of the English fleet, thinking of being in inferiority conditions (they had guns of smaller caliber).
		The three Italian cruisers, at 08.12 opened fire by the distance of approximately 22000 meters but the volleys was too dispersed to be effective; the English cruisers, knowing that, for their guns, the adversaries are outside shooting range, shot a little, just to not remain idle.
		The Italian fleet, commanded by admiral Iachino left the port of Taranto to intercept it; it was 13.00 of 14 June.
	www.regiamarina.it /battles.htm (3348 words)

	Italian Navy, Zara, Fiume, Pola, Artigeliere, Aviere, Trento
		The Italian army was also powerful enough to conquer British and French Somaliland and posed a threat to the Sudan and Kenya.
		By the end of the month 26 Italian submarines were operating out of Bordeaux, but were never as successful as their German ally.
		In the morning of the 15th, south of Pantelleria, an Italian two-cruiser squadron in conjunction with Italian and German aircraft attacked the by-now lightly defended convoy.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsItalianNavy.htm (6109 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Great Carrier War / Part 2
		Although an Italian destroyer and a tanker were sunk, the strikes were relatively ineffective.
		An Italian task force left its base to attack a British convoy enroute to Malta.
		The British planes blew a large hole in the stern of the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap2b.htm (598 words)

	Comando Supremo: Events of 1941
		Italian destroyer Leone runs aground off Eritrea and is scuttled by its crew to prevent it from being captured by the British.
		Zante and Itaca was given to the Italian paratroopers to reinforce the garrison of all the Ionian archipelago.
		Italian paratroopers seize the islands without firing a shot and the operation is a full success.
	www.comandosupremo.com /1941.html (4875 words)

	THE BISMARCK CLASS
		The Dante Alighieri class of battleships were the first battleships in the world to have the triple turrets down the centerline. They were also Italy’s first dreadnoughts. Although she was faster than most of her contemporaries, she had relatively weak armor, which would later become typical of all Italian ships
		The Caio Duilio class of battleships were powerful and fast battleships. They sacrificed armor for speed and powerful weapons. These ships were comparable in power to the Arkansas class of ships, but were much faster than they were.
		The Caracciolo class of battleships were neverbuilt. Work on them were suspended in 1916, in order to concentrate on building destroyers, submarines, and other light craft. Work on them resumed in 1919, but was stopped once again in 1920. They were all scrapped by 1922.
	www.ussmissouri.com /Battleship-Italian.htm (608 words)

	Cape Matapan : Battles : History : Royal Navy
		Accordingly the Italians, whose battlefleet was crippled at Taranto, calculated that a force of heavy cruisers supported by the battleship Vittorio Veneto would be sufficient to deal with light British forces around Crete.
		In a further attack at 1510, the Veneto was hit by one torpedo and her speed was reduced.
		Although Vittorio Veneto escaped, the accolades given to Cunningham for continuing the pursuit at night, against the advice of his staff, cannot be overstated.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server.php?show=nav.3946&outputFormat=print (777 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| Battle of Cape Matapan: World War II Italian Naval Massacre
		At their urging, and because of the general feeling at Supermarina (Italian naval headquarters) that an attempt should be made to re-establish the dynamics of conflict in the area, Operation Gaudo was born.
		The Italians were further motivated by Luftwaffe reports on March 15, 1941, indicating that two of the three British battleships in the Mediterranean had been severely damaged and were not operational.
		On July 9, 1940, the Royal Navy caught the Italians off the coast of Calabria, where a first-round hit was scored by the battleship HMS Warspite on the battleship Giulio Cesare, disabling her for months.
	www.historynet.com /wwii/blitaliannavalmassacre (1483 words)

	BATTLE OF MATAPAN
		The Italian Fleet, comprising one 15" battleship, six 8" and two 6" cruisers, plus destroyers, was conducting sweeps west of Crete trying to find the convoys.
		Vittorio Veneto said to be taken as she left for Matapan
		The Italian admiral, not realizing the British Fleet was so close, ordered her sisters ships, ZARA and FIUME to go to her assistance.
	www.spruso.com /1matap.htm (470 words)

	Queen Victoria Class Battleship
		Soon after the first battleships of the Queen Elizabeth class were laid down, new rumors began to emerge about a new class of German battleship, one armed with 16" guns.
		In that sortie, Tirpitz and Bismarck engaged an undefended, scattered convoy.
		While the three older battleships escorted the convoy, a second force of three modern, fast battleships was steaming to their southwest, the Lion, Howe, and Temeraire.
	wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com /Misc/WolfsDen/MISC/Queen_Victoria/queen.htm (2164 words)

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