Italian cruiser Luigi Cadorna

Luigi Cadorna surrendering at Malta on 9 September 1943
History
Italy
NameLuigi Cadorna
Ordered29 October 1929
BuilderC.R.D.A., Trieste
Laid down19 September 1930
Launched30 September 1931
Commissioned11 August 1933
StrickenMay 1951
FateScrapped, 1951
General characteristics
Class and typeCondottieri-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 5,323 t (5,239 long tons) standard
  • 7,113 t (7,001 long tons) full load
Length169.3 m (555 ft 5 in)
Beam15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 Parsons geared turbines
  • 6 Yarrow boilers
  • 95,000 hp (70,841 kW)
Speed37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range2,930 nmi (5,430 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement507
Armament
Armour
Aircraft carried2 aircraft
Aviation facilities1 catapult

Luigi Cadorna was an Italian Condottieri-class light cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II; named after Italian Field Marshal Luigi Cadorna who was commander in Chief of the Italian Army during World War I.