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Vittorio Veneto Class Battleship | olspan="2"| | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background:navy;"|General Characteristics | style="background:navy;align:right;"|Kingdom of Italy | | isplacement: | 43,835 tons standard, 45,963 tons full load | | ength: | 224.5 - 237.8 m | | eam: | 32.9 m | | raught: | 10.5 m | | ropulsion: | 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 140,000 hp | | peed: | 30 knots (54 km/h) | | ange: | 3,920 miles at 20 knots | | omplement: | 1,920 | | rmament: | 3x3 381/50 mm, 4x3 155/55 mm, 12 90/50 mm (anti-aircraft), 20 37/50 mm, 30 20/65 mm | | ircraft: | 3 | | rotection: | max 350 mm (vertical) 207 mm (horizontal) | Vittorio Veneto was the most modern battleship class of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy up World War II. It is also known as Littorio class. Vittorio Venetos were designed by general Umberto Pugliese, and were the first battleships which overran the limits of the Washington Treaty (35,000 tons of displacement). They were the best units in the world in 1939, because of her equilibrium of firepower, protection and speed. Vittorio Veneto class was composed by four vessels: Image:RNVittorio Veneto-Battle of Cape Spartivento.jpg|Vittorio Veneto and Littorio (back) during the battle of Cape Spartivento Image:RNLittorio.jpg|Littorio, high speed manoeuvres, summer 1940. Image:RNRoma.jpg|Roma, 1940, with war camouflage
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