View source for Italian cruiser Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi

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|Ship caption=''Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi'' during sea trials (1938)
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|Ship country=[[Italy]]
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Kingdom of Italy}}{{shipboxflag|Italy|naval}}
|Ship name=''Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi''
|Ship namesake=[[Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi]]
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|Ship builder=[[Cantiere navale del Muggiano|O.T.O.]], [[La Spezia]]
|Ship laid down=28 December 1933
|Ship launched=21 April 1936
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|Ship commissioned=1 December 1937
|Ship refit=1953
|Ship decommissioned=January 1961
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|Ship fate=Scrapped 1972
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|Ship class={{sclass|Duca degli Abruzzi|cruiser}}
|Ship displacement=* 11,350&nbsp;tons standard
* 11,735&nbsp;tons full load
|Ship length={{convert|171.1|-|187|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|18.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|6.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*6 boilers
* 2 shafts
* {{convert|100,000|hp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|34|kn|lk=in}} (62&nbsp;km/h)
|Ship range={{convert|4,125|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=640
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|Ship armament=*10 × [[152 mm /55 Italian naval gun Models 1934 and 1936|152&nbsp;mm / 55&nbsp;]][[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] (6&nbsp;in)
* 8 × [[Škoda 10 cm K10#OTO 100.2F47 History|{{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} / 47&nbsp;caliber guns]]
* 8 × [[Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda)|{{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} 54-cal. guns]]
* 12 × [[Breda Model 35|{{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on|0}}/65]] caliber
* 6 × 533&nbsp;mm [[torpedo tube]]s
* 2 × anti-submarines mortars
|Ship armour=* [[Belt armor|Outer Belt]]: {{Convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* Inner Belt: {{Convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Main Deck]]: {{Convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* Upper [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{Convert|10|–|15|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* [[gun turret|Turret]]s: {{Convert|135|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{Convert|30|–|100|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* Outer [[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s: {{Convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* Inner Bulkheads: {{Convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}}
* [[Conning tower|Conning Tower]]: {{Convert|30|–|140|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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|Ship aircraft=4 × [[IMAM Ro.43|Ro.43]]
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'''''Luigi di Savoia Duca degli Abruzzi'''''  was an Italian {{sclass|Duca degli Abruzzi|cruiser|0}} [[light cruiser]], which served in the [[Regia Marina]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, she was retained by the [[Marina Militare]] and decommissioned in 1961. She was built by [[OTO Melara|OTO]] at [[La Spezia]] and named after [[Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi]], an Italian explorer and Admiral of World War I.
==Design==
The ''Duca degli Abruzzi''-class cruisers were the final version of the {{sclass2|Condottieri|cruiser|4}} and were larger and better protected than their predecessors. The armament was also increased by two extra 152&nbsp;mm guns, triple turrets replaced twins in the "A" and "Y" positions thus making them the most heavily armed light cruisers of Italy during World War II. The machinery was also revised which led to these ships having a slightly slower maximum speed than their predecessors.
==Career==
===World War II===
The ship was completed in 1937 and formed the 8th Cruiser division with her [[sister ship]] {{ship|Italian cruiser|Giuseppe Garibaldi|1936|2}}. She fought in the following actions:
* [[Battle of Calabria]], where she led a squadron of light cruisers which fired the first salvoes of the battle
* 1 September 1940: Part of the fleet that attempted to intercept the convoy Hats
* [[Battle of Cape Matapan]]
* 24 September 1941: Part of the fleet that attempted to intercept the convoy [[Operation Halberd|Halberd]] headed for [[Malta]].
Damaged by an aircraft torpedo on 22 November 1941 but repaired, she was interned by the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] after the Italian Armistice and later served with the [[Italian Co-Belligerent Navy]] in the South Atlantic on operations against potential German raiders.
===Post war===
After 1945, her torpedo launchers were removed and replaced by two 4 inch anti-aircraft guns. Since 1953 she was equipped with an AN/SPS-6 2D air search radar.<ref name=MM>[https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/LMNO/luigi_di_savoia.aspx Marina Militare website] {{in lang|it}}</ref>
In late 1953, during the negotiations which ended in the handover of [[Trieste]] to Italy, the cruiser was transferred from [[Taranto]] to [[Venezia]], in order to strengthen the Italian position at the bargaining table.<ref>Malgeri, Francesco (2002). ''La stagione del centrismo: politica e società nell'Italia del secondo dopoguerra : 1945-1960''. Rubbettino, p. 152. {{ISBN|88-498-0335-4}} {{in lang|it}}</ref> Eventually, on 26 October 1954, ''Duca degli Abruzzi'' was the flagship of the Italian naval force which took possession of [[Port of Trieste|Trieste's port facilities]].<ref>[http://www.triesteitaliana.it/articoli/basile.htm ''Trieste torna all'Italia (26 Ottobre 1954)''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308001906/http://www.triesteitaliana.it/articoli/basile.htm |date=2011-03-08 }} by Riccardo Basile {{in lang|it}}</ref> She served in the post war [[Marina Militare]] until 1961.<ref name=MM/>
==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Brescia|first=Maurizio|title=Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45|year=2012|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-544-8}}
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Chesneau|editor-first1=Roger|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|year=1980|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
*{{cite book |last1=Fraccaroli |first1=Aldo |title=Italian Warships of World War II |date=1968 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton, UK |isbn=0-7110-0002-6}}
*{{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|authorlink=Michael J. Whitley|year=1995|title= Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher = Naval Institute Press|location= Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-55750-141-6 }}
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