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 Zara class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Four ships of the class were completed, Zara, Fiume, Pola and Gorizia, all of which saw extensive service during the war.
Zara class was essentially an improved Trento class, tasked with dealing with the latest French designs.
Zaras were organized into their own 1st Division of three ships (the fourth being held in reserve) and operated in most early naval actions.
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 Battle of Calabria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Protecting them were three groups of naval ships, one with five cruisers and a single destroyer, another with the old battleship Warspite and five destroyers, and the main battle group with the slightly newer battleships Royal Sovereign and Malaya, the aircraft carrier Eagle, and ten destroyers.
One group of Italian light cruisers, mistaken for the very latest heavy cruiser Zara class, was on the Allied side of the battle line, and was soon within range of the charging Warspite.
The Italian heavy cruisers were a serious threat in their own right, and could have evened the battle between the main battleships, but with Warspite in the battle the Allied cruisers returned and the Italians turned to restart their initial fight with them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Calabria   (2028 words)

  
 Zara class cruiser -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Four ships of the class were completed, (Click link for more info and facts about Zara) Zara, Fiume, Pola and Gorizia, all of which saw extensive service during the war.
Zara class was essentially an improved (Click link for more info and facts about Trento class) Trento class, tasked with dealing with the latest (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French designs.
After Pola was hit by an air-dropped (Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target) torpedo and stopped, the rest of the 1st Division (at this time Gorizia was in reserve) ran in to protect her.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Z/Za/Zara_class_cruiser.htm   (658 words)

  
 Term paper on Italian cruiser Zara
Zara was an Italian Zara class heavy cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II.
During the operation, Zara class cruiser Pola was damaged by a torpedo dropped by a bomber, and was obliged to slow down and later stop.
Zara was hit by the shells of three British battleships, from a distance of as close as 2,000 m.
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 Italian Light Cruisers
The heavy cruisers had a displacement of 10,000 tons and were armed with guns up to 203 mm (8in); light cruisers had a displacement ranging from 5000 to 9000 tons and guns up to 152 mm (6in).
The light cruisers included four different types, the so called "5000" of the Condottieri class, the "7000" of the Montecuccoli class, the "8000" of the Eugenio di Savoia class to end with the "9000" of the Garibaldi class.
Both heavy and light cruisers were equipped with torpedoes at exemption of the Zara class.
www.regiamarina.net /arsenals/ships_it/cruisers_light/crui_light_us.htm   (560 words)

  
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Zara looks around from the seat atop his mosgoth and friend, Zotos, the destruction of his home around him was devestating.
Zara stuffed his bag in the underside compartment of the old T-Wing class fighter that he had recieved for his temporary leave.
Zara couldn't help but realize she would probably be around him the rest of his life.
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 Zara Clothing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (born May 15, 1981) is the daughter of Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips.
Zara was educated at Port Regis Prep School in Dorset http://www.portregis.com and at British Salem School in Gordonstoun, Scotland.
Zara Phillips has an older brother, Peter Phillips, born in November 1977, and two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkin born in 1985 to her father and his former mistress and Stephanie, born in 1997 from her father's second marriage.
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 Zara class cruiser : Zara class cruiser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Zara during the [[Battle of Calabria]]Originally intended to conform to the Washington Naval Treaty limits of 10,000 tons, the extra armor made this impossible.
Gorizia, with camouflage, 1942Zaras were organized into their own 1st Division of three ships (the fourth being held in reserve) and operated in most early naval actions.
Gorizia (left) and Bande Nere, during the [[Second Battle of Sirte]]However, Zaras were eventually taken to task during the Battle of Cape Matapan.
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 Japanese World War Military
Italian cruisers were organised in homogenous groups, the four Zaras forming the 1st division.
Classed officially as 'ocean scouts', this class of twelve was a response to the big french super-destroyers.
In contrast to the British flower class the Italian corvettes were longer and leaner, of markedely lower displacement.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The British cruiser groups were positioned spread out in front of the Warspite, and at 15:15 they caught sight of the Italian main battle force and the two groups opened fire at 21,500 metres.
One group of Italian light cruisers, mistaken for the very latest heavy cruiser Zara class, was on the British side of the battle line, and was soon within range of the charging Warspite.
The Italian heavy cruisers were a serious threat in their own right, and could have evened the battle between the main battleships, but with Warspite in the battle the British cruisers returned and the Italians turned to restart their initial fight with them.
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 Heavy Cruisers of WW II (Part 1)
This will include the class of ships I regard as the pinnacle of design from each nation, as well as the rational for their design, their mission as it were, and a few words about their wartime record.
The last British heavy cruiser to be built was the famous Exeter, which battled the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, and was later sunk by Japanese cruisers and destroyers in the Java Sea.
This class was more heavily armored than her rivals at the time, and even later classes of heavy cruisers were hard pressed to match these ships.
www.chuckhawks.com /heavy_cruisers.htm   (2856 words)

  
 Warships Magazine - WEB SPECIAL - The Battle of Matapan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It soon drew the attention of the Axis powers and the cruiser HMS York was badly damaged while at anchor there - on March 21 she was hit by Italian explosive motorboats carrying 660lbs charges.
While the British cruisers continued to maintain contact with the enemy, late in the afternoon the Swordfish was airborne again.
Following the carrier was the Barham, her guns pounding the Alfieri, before switching to the unfortunate Zara, which was the focus of all three battleships.
www.warshipsifr.com /pages/battleofMatapan.html   (1833 words)

  
 Italian Royal Navy in World War Two: main battles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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.
Reports were contrasting and, however, admiral Da Zara was sure of the sinking of a "Kenya" class cruiser and two destroyers, besides the heavily damaging of other three destroyers.
www.regiamarina.it /battles.htm   (3348 words)

  
 Comando Supremo: Zara Class Heavy Cruiser
The Zara was an improved version of the Trento class with better armor than its predecessor.
The Fiume, Pola, and Zara all took part in the Battle of Cape Matapan, where they confronted armament much bigger than the 8 inch shells they were designed to absorb.
All units in this engagement were lost by impact of British 15 inch shells at close range.
www.comandosupremo.com /Zara.html   (219 words)

  
 Italian Royal Navy in World War Two: Zara class statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Zara was an evolution of the cruiser class "Washington "; in particular was important the equilibrium caught up between protection, armament and speed.
At the beginning of W.W.II, 1st Division, which was now composed by the cruisers Zara, Fiume and Gorizia, participated to the first more important battles of the Mediterranean sea, alternated to supply convoys missions and search of the enemy.
The Zara was sunk during the tragic defeat of Matapan, the night of 28 March 1941.
www.regiamarina.it /carzaraeng.htm   (410 words)

  
 Balkans, Greece, Crete, HMS, Gloucester, Nubian, Ajax, Fiji, Greyhound, Formidable, Hereward, Dido, Orion, Perth, Barham
On the 27th, Vice-Adm Pridham-Wippell with cruisers "Ajax", "Gloucester", "Orion" and the Australian "Perth" and destroyers sails from Greek waters for a position south of Crete.
with a Mediterranean Fleet cruiser force escorting a convoy from Greece to Egypt, is torpedoed and sunk to the southeast of Crete by Italian submarine "Ambra".
Returning from bombarding a German-held island off Fiume in the northern Adriatic on the 14th, she is mined and sinks northwest of Zara.
www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsBalkans.htm   (4141 words)

  
 Zara class cruiser - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Zara class was an Italian heavy cruiser design from the early 1930s, considered by many to be one of the best cruiser designs of World War II.
The French immediately responded with a new class of her own, the Algerie, but were not able to match the Zara design when launched in 1934.
Three RN battleships and a host of additional units were able to sneak up on them at night, the lack of radar on the Zaras making them unaware of their approach, and quickly sank all three and two escorting destroyers in a one-sided gunfight.
www.free-definition.com /Zara-class-cruiser.html   (637 words)

  
 Second Battle of Sirte   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
However the threat from the ships was deemed smaller than that from the air, as the repeated battles during 1941 had made the Regia Marina fairly "gun shy".
Thus the escort was heavy on destroyers and included anti-aircraft cruiser Carlisle to provide heavy anti-aircraft and anti-submarine forces, and included only three light cruisers for protection from surface threats.
The British were surprised to learn they were facing not a small high-speed force as they expected, but a force of heavy cruisers and escorting destroyers.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Second-Battle-of-Sirte.htm   (846 words)

  
 ARMYBOOK.COM - The books, magazines and models from Russia and Eastern Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The British cruiser the Dido class (Scylla), Part I, 32 pages, (Polish), 1 pages of colour projections, 22 Is fl of white photos, 12 pages projections and drawings (1/200, 1/400, 1/700).
The American cruiser USS Indianapolis, 48 pages, (Polish), 3 pages of colour projections, 35 Is fl of white photos, 23 pages projections and drawings (1/200, 1/400, 1/700).
The Italian Cruiser Zara class, Part I, 44 pages, (Polish), 3 pages of colour projections, 20 Is fl of white photos, 25 pages projections and drawings (1/200, 1/400, 1/700).
www.armybook.com /show.html?code=0102009   (1594 words)

  
 Zara class cruiser - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Zara class cruiser - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
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The article about Zara class cruiser contains information related to Zara class cruiser.
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 Italian Navy
These ships were comparable to the United States' Arkansas class in power but were noticeably faster after their reconstruction.
This class was a substantial undertaking for the Italian Navy with 12 ships being laid down within a matter of a few months.
These ships were born for hunt down the surface torpedo boats, but replaced them in their assignment of escort of other units and antisubmarine defense.
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 Crucero de la clase de Zara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
La clase de Zara era un diseño pesado italiano del crucero a partir de los años 30 tempranos, considerados por muchos ser uno de los mejores diseños del crucero de la guerra mundial II.
En el Zara la armadura debía densamente bastante soportar golpes de los armas iguales sus los propios, dando por resultado los mejores cruceros armados del mundo en ese entonces.
Dislocación: Zara: estándar 11870 toneladas, carga completa 14530 toneladas; Fiume: estándar 11508 toneladas, carga completa 14168 toneladas; Gorizia: estándar 11900 toneladas, carga completa 14560 toneladas; Pola: estándar 11730 toneladas, carga completa 14360 toneladas.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/cr/Crucero%20de%20la%20clase%20de%20Zara.htm   (706 words)

  
 Bank Balance: Zero [TJE Takeover of Aargau] - www.ezboard.com
Class cruiser unleashing a hail of laser fire on the 200 meter vessel.
Fyor watched on the tactical screen as the ships began moving against their assigned targets, knowing now that the battle was no in the hands of the individual gunners and crewman of the opposing forces.
Frusturated, the light cruisers command decided that random barrages would be the only way to save his ships, and so the ship began spurting out fire at completly random intervals with no attempt to aim their fire- and for the first time they started hitting something.
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 Trento class cruiser Definition / Trento class cruiser Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Trento class was an Italian heavy cruiserA heavy cruiser is a type of large warship which originated with the British Hawkins class during World War I. They entered service after the war.
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 restricted heavy cruisers to 10,000 tons and 8-inch guns.
As a result, major naval powers started to build heavy cruisers, usually armed with eight or ten 8-inch guns.
www.elresearch.com /Trento_class_cruiser   (226 words)

  
 OMG Newsletter
It should be noted that the Zara class’ main guns were not fitted for night firing.
Flotilla: Vittorio Alfieri, Vicenzo Gioberti, Giosue Carducci and Alfredo Oriani (all Oriani class DD), 11
Flotilla: Artigliere, Camicia Nera, Aviere, Geniere (all Soldati class DD) and 14
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 Zara class cruiser Definition / Zara class cruiser Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Zara class cruiser Definition / Zara class cruiser Research
The Zara class was an ItalianThe Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a southern European country, comprising a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia.
Four ships of the class were completed, Zara Zara was an Italian Zara class heavy cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II....
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 Gallery Cruisers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This class of three ships was the most modern group of cruisers owned by the K.u.K. Navy at the outbreak of WW1.
This kit portrays the cruiser after that conversion and as she appeared as part of the Japanese force at the Battle of Surigao Strait, where she was sunk.
USS Brooklyn, Armored Cruiser 1898 - The 1:350th scale model of the flagship at the Battle of Santiago, Cuba from Iron Shipwright has been built in her buff and white paint scheme by Michael Taylor.
www.steelnavy.com /gallery_cruisers.htm   (3803 words)

  
 Profile Morskie - Ajax, Belfast, Scylla & Zara
Each volume focuses on either a single ship or class of ships, with the preponderance to date being on cruisers from the various nations.
Most are 32 pages long, although this isn't steadfast as the Tribal Class Destroyer volume has 52 pages while the Zara has 42 pages.
These are of more use than the similar Anatomy of the Ship series drawing in that they are of the items actually needed and not items hidden in the bowels of the ship (machinery), and are not split across bindings.
www.internetmodeler.com /2000/march/new-releases/books-morski.htm   (433 words)

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