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Littorio was an Italian ''Vittorio Veneto'' class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after the Lictor ("Littorio" in Italian), in ancient times the bearer of the Roman fasces, which was adopted as the symbol of Italian Fascism.
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Roma was an Italian ''Vittorio Veneto'' class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was built in 1940 and commissioned in 1942.
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The Impero was an Italian Littorio class battleship of the Regia Marina during World War II. Designed by Umberto Pugliese, she was the fourth ship of her class and named after the Italian word for Empire, in this case referring to the newly (1936) conquered Italian Empire in East Africa (Somaliland, Eritrea and Ethiopia territories).
Andrea Doria was an of the Italian Regia Marina. She served in both World Wars before being decommissioned in 1958. The battleship was named after the 16th century Genoese Admiral Andrea Doria.
In 1920 she was involved in the Italo-Yugoslav dispute over the city of Fiume.
The ship was extensively rebuilt between 1937 and 1940, with Q turret removed and main guns re-bored. New machinery, secondary armament, and improved armour were also fitted.
During World War II the Andrea Doria served primarily as a convoy escort between Italy and Libya and took part in the First Battle of Sirte. After the Armistice in September 1943 the ship was sailed to Malta and interned by the Allies until after the war when she was returned to Italy to serve as a training ship until 1956.
The Dante Alighieri was the first dreadnought built for the Regia Marina (Italian pre-1946 navy). Named after the poet Dante Alighieri, she was the first ship built with triple gun turrets for the main armament. She was built by Castellammare RN yard, laid down on 6 June 1909, and launched on 20 August 1910, being completed for 15 January 1913.
Dante Alighieri survived World War I and was decommissioned on 1 July 1928 to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty and scrapped.
The RN Caio Duilio was the lead ship in a class of two ironclad battleships built in Italy for the Regia Marina in the 1870s. A revolutionary design fitted with the largest guns available, 100 ton 450 mm calibre muzzle loading guns, she and her sister ship were regarded as the most powerful warships afloat in their day.
On March 1873, Italian minister of the navy Admiral Simone Arturo Saint-Bon announced the construction of three new battleships for the Regia Marina, which would be the most powerful in the world. The naval architect Benedetto Brin was asked to design them. The first to be launched was the R.N. Caio Duilio, named after the Roman Consul Gaius Duilius. Constructing these ships greatly stretched the infant Italian ship industry but, at the same time, helped the country to develop towards a modern industrial economy. Only two ships were constructed.
Conte di Cavour was an Italian ''Conte di Cavour'' class battleship, that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. It was named after the Italian statesman Count Camillo Benso di Cavour.