Roma |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adratico Trieste, Italy |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
June 14, 1942 |
Keel Laid: |
September 18, 1938 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
September 6, 1940 |
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Fate: |
Sunk Sept. 9, 1943 by two SD-1400 (Fritz-X) radio controlled glider bombs fired from a Do-217 from III Gruppe KG-100. Location: Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Asinara, 26 miles NW of Port Torres, Sardinia. (41.10N - 08.40E) Between 1,250 and 1,350 crewmen killed, 596 survivors picked up by escorting ships. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Oct. 20, 2008 |