Giulio Cesare

Later names:
Novorossiysk (Feb. 3, 1949)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Conte di Cavour
Builder:
Ansaldo Societa' per Azioni
Sestri Ponente, Italy
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
May 14, 1914
Keel Laid:
June 24, 1910
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
October 15, 1911
Fate:
Sunk Oct. 29, 1955 in Sevastopol Roads for unknown reasons, possibly sunk by left over
World War 2 mine, but details are still not known. Over 600 crewmen were killed.


Timeline
Feb. 3, 1949:
Transferred to Russia as war reparations and renamed Novorossiysk.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 10, 2006