Caio Duilio Class Battleships Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery, performance and armament (general for class)
As Built
After 1937-40 rebuild
Length:
577' 9"
611' 5"
Beam:
91' 8"
91' 8"
Draft:
29' 2"
30'
Displacement:
22,694 (light)
25,200 (full)
23,622 (light)
29,000 (full)

Crew:
1,074
1,198
Engines:
3 x Parsons Steam Turbine
32,000 shp
2 x Belluzzo Steam Turbine
87,000 shp

Boilers:
20
8
Speed:
21.5 knots
27 knots
Screws:
4
2
Range:
4,000 NM @ 10 knots
2,600 NM @ 16 knots

N/A
Armament:
13 x 12"/46 in 5 turrets
(Turrets forward, midship and aft
having 3 barrels each)

16 x 6"/50 single mounts

13 x 14 pounder

2 x machine guns

3 x 18" torpedo tubes
(all submerged, 2 broadside
one stern)
10 x 12.6"/44 in 4 turrets
(Forward and after turret having
3 barrels each)

12 x 5.3"/45 in 4 triple turrets

10 x 3.5"/48 AA in single mounts

39 machine guns AA


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Navalmeccanica
Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

Apr. 24, 1913
May 10, 1915
Fate
Scrapped in 1957.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Arsenale di La Spezia
La Spezia, Italy

Mar. 30, 1913
June 13, 1916
Fate
Scrapped in 1957.


Class Notes:
Both ships completely reconstructed between 1937-1940.
Andrea Doria by Cantieri Ruiniti dell' Adriatico, Trieste, Italy
Caio Duilio by Cantieri del Tirreno, Genoa, Italy