Capitani Romani-class cruiser

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Class overview
Name	Capitani Romani class
Operators	Regia Marina  Italian Navy  French Navy
Subclasses	San Giorgio class
Built	1939–1942
In commission	1942–1980
Planned	12
Completed	4
Cancelled	8
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	3,745 t (3,686 long tons) (standard) 5,420 t (5,330 long tons) (full load)
Length	142.2 m (466 ft 6 in) (overall)
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 110,000 shp (82,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)[1]
Range	4,350 nmi (8,060 km; 5,010 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	418
Sensors and processing systems	EC-3/ter Gufo radar
Armament	4 × twin 135 mm (5.3 in) DP guns 8 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns 4 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 70 × mines
Armour	Turrets: 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) Conning tower: 15 mm (0.59 in)

The Capitani Romani class was a class of light cruisers acting as flotilla leaders for the Regia Marina (Italian Navy). They were built to outrun and outgun the large new French destroyers of the Le Fantasque and Mogador classes.^[2] Twelve hulls were ordered in late 1939, but only four were completed, just three of these before the Italian armistice in 1943. The ships were named after prominent ancient Romans (Capitani Romani (lit. Roman Captains)).^[3]