San Giorgio
1938
(Neptun 1536)
- Class: San Giorgio - 2 armored cruisers of 1905
- Displacement: 9,500 tons standard / 11,700 tons full load
- Dimensions: 462 x 69 x 22.5 ft
- Machinery: 2-shaft triple expansion, S.H.P. 18,000 = 16 knots
- Armor: Side 8in, deck 2in, C.T. 10in, H.C. turrets 8in, M.C. turrets 6in
- Armament: 4-10"/45 (2x2), 8-7.5"/45 (4x2), 10-37/54 mm A.A.(5x2)
- Complement:
- Builder: R. Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
- Laid down: 4 Jul 1905
- Launched: 27 Jul 1908
- Completed: 1 Jul 1910
- Service: Reconstructed at R. Arsenale, La Spezia, 1937-38. Recommissioned Jun 1938. Scuttled at Tobruk 22 Jan 1941. Sister ship San Marco converted to a radio-controlled target ship 1931-35. Captured 9 Sep 1943 by the Germans at La Spezia. Found half sunk at the end of the war.
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