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As I started working on the Francesco Carracciolo for my KuK-Au, I also started working on the Cavour class. I tried to approximate the WWI dark bluish-grey that the Regia Marina was using. The Cavour class had a rather unique, and asymmetrical 13x12"/46 caliber guns, with two twin superfiring over triple turrets, and one triple amidhsips. The secondary battery consisted of 18x120mm/4.7"/50 cal Vickers/Armstrong guns. With a length of 176mm and a width of 28mm the class displaced 23k standard, and 25k fully loaded. Three ships were built; the Conte di Cavour commisioned in 1915, the Giulio Cesare commisioned in 1914, and the Leonardo Da Vinci completed in 1914. The Da Vinci suffered a magazine explosion in 1916 and sank.

Sources for these ships are rather scarce, so I did my best with the few images that are available to me.

Giulio Cesare as commisioned in 1914:


Giulio Cesare as commisioned in 1919:


Giulio Cesare as she appeared in the mid 20s:


Giulio Cesare as rebuilt in 1937:


Leonardo da Vinci as commisioned in 1914:


Conte di Cavour as commisioned in 1915:


Conte di Cavour as commisioned in 1920:


Conte di Cavour as commisioned in 1923:


Conte di Cavour as she appeared in the mid 1920s:


Conte di Cavour as rebuilt in 1937:

excellent Job Well done

Awesome! Can't wait to see the full iteration of this class!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

I've added the Conte di Cavour as she appeared in 1915.

Very nice work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

Good to see somebody is doing them.

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Great work!

I've added the Cavour as she appeared in the early 20s with the pale gray paint and the pilot house moved up one deck and the old one removed.

Very nice work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB

The history of these ships is quite fascinating and their history will be of keen interest