World of Warships - Know Your Ship #13 - Littorio Class Battleship
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2014
- Episode 13 of Know Your Ship! In this educational video I cover the Littorio/Vittorio Veneto class battleship commissioned by the Regia Marina. There were three ships of the class (Littorio (later renamed Italia), Vittorio Veneto and Roma. These battleships were a significant threat to the Royal Navy in the Battle for the Mediterranean. These sleek vessels were fast and heavily armed with 9x15" guns. Admirals, get to know these pocket battleships of the Regia Marina before taking command of them in World of Warships! Enjoy and see you all in battle!
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I'm italian and the last documentary is very good. Roma is a very popular ship in Italy and it's beautiful, one of my favourite battleships of all time
Sexy ship just like their cars.
MrAncop Oh yeah, the Italians made gorgeous ships
iChaseGaming ...with lots of portholes.
+Igotadigbick They needed them. RM chow (including those terrible standard issue "A.S." sausages) gave sailors gas.
Mikhail Kutuzov was an Italian design too.
***** First paragraph of the Wikipedia:
"The Sverdlov-class cruisers, Soviet designation Project 68bis, were the last conventional cruisers built for the Soviet Navy, in the 1950s. They were based on Italian pre-Second World War concepts and designs, but modified to be more seaworthy and able to run fast in the rough waters of the North Atlantic. They also carried an extensive suite of radar gear and anti-aircraft artillery in keeping with other post-war designs."
People rave about how good the Bismarck was. These were actually better ships.
Their main weaknesses were their commanders, who persistently refused to let them fight, the poor training and equipping of the crews for night action, and their lack of a decent radar system. In other ways, they were top notch.
Also the biggest mistake you can ever make is putting 4x2 Turrets.Now these days everyone makes triple mounted turrets.
My understanding is that the gunners preferred 4 x 2 as twin turrets are more efficient than triples and you have more flexibility. The reason most navies went to three triples is because it makes for a shorter/wider hull-form with better handling and stability as well as reducing the length of the citadel which freed up weight (which was important on treaty-limited ships).
funny thing was that the radar was ready to be outfitted on ships around time as the other nations.
there was a little problem. POLITICIANS
@Akm72; The quadriple turrets were afflicted by severe malfunctions in special way in the King George V class. The average rate of fire was seven round per minute instead of the twelve foreseen. Moreover at least one gun of the quadriple turret jammed during fire.
My father was the chief of turret "A" on the cruiser Montecuccoli in 1957-1960 and said the metacentric stability was crucial during combat. In fact the following class "Duca degli Abruzzi" was a substantial improvement with a better metacentric stability that avoided an excessive scattering of the salvo.
Except in war time, when a main gun jammed during trials, the security procedure was to evacuate the turret, and wait 24 hours before unloading the charges and if possible unload the projectile. Non one can stay in proximity of the turret without further orders of the Commander.
so what you are saying is...besides the terrible commanders, bad crews, obsolete gun lay outs, lack of proper engineering, lack of proper defensive systems and technology...they were great? what does that leave? I guess they LOOKED really cool?
In my opinion, that's just the best looking ww2 battleship
yes indeed next to the yamato 3rd is Bismarck and 4th is the H-44 and H-45
the h-45 is a real battleship but 700,000 tonnes? and Gustav siege railway guns in dual turrets? Hitler dissaproved this project and went ahead and made the H series but was abandoned
The H programs where basically dream ships. Even WarGaming basically admits they just made a bunch of stuff up. Let's actually stick to real ships.
CaptainsEyePatch the H-39 and H-40 were laid down but were scrapped for the Ü-Bööt Fleet
Of course, they're Italian!!😁. Apparently they were going to paint them red to make them faster.
Same they look very good
I'm Italian and what I want to say is #rememberRoma and #rememberRoma'screw
Survivors say that our sailors launched into the sea, shouting "alive ROME!, alive ITALY !!"
i superstiti raccontano che i nostri marinai si lanciarono in mare gridando: "viva la ROMA !, viva L'ITALIA !!"
+Aqua Fyre I'm Italian and I do not know English well ...
A more accurate translation would be "Long live Roma, long live Italy".
JoeBaby no, the correct translation was: we will fight until the end
JoeBaby is english
My Grand Grand-Father died in the Roma
rispetto; il mio prozio invece si è salvato
Davide 'Daxor' my condolences
This is one of my favorite classes of warship, these Italian Battleships were one of the most attractive of them all. Even the red and white air recognition stripes on the bow didn't detract from their looks. Just a little criticism for future reference, the transition to the surrender and the German attack, was unannounced and some, who aren't as familiar with the history, might not be able to figure out what is going on, and the nariation in Italian with subtitles made it difficult to follow. It moved quickly and you could either read or watch the video, but doing both was very difficult.
thedoc2102 I agree, I will try in the future to put up a text transition to explain it. Thanks for the suggestion :)
I agree on the Italian designs being graceful and beautiful. The French designed some sharp-looking ships too.
Ocrilat Amen! Amouri.
+Ocrilat indeed, looks before function for those 2 coward countries. It suits.
Eric Shutter
Wow, almost 4 months till a moron chimes in. Hello moron!
Exelent work. I enjoy it tremendously. Will watch
more
No apologies needed here, it was a great video and I liked the subtitle better then voice overs. Thank you
Classe Littorio
Littorio ( italia) Ansaldo, genova-sestri ponente
imp. 28.10.1934
varo 22.08.1937
entr.in serv. 06.05.1940
Vittorio Veneto Cant. Riuniti dell'Adriatico,Trieste
imp.28.10.1937
varo 25.07.1937
entr.in serv 28.04.1940
Roma Cant. Riuniti dell'Adriatico,Trieste
imp. 18.09.1938
varo 09.06 1940
entr.in. serv 14.06.1942
Dislocamento:standard 41.377 (littorio),41.167 (veneto), 41.650 (roma)
In carico leggero 43.835(littorio), 43.624 (veneto) ,44.050 (roma)
a pieno carico 45.963 (littorio) , 45.752 (veneto), 46.215 (roma)
Dimensioni:237,8 ft( primo gruppo), 240,1 (roma)-224,5 ppx 32,9x10,5 pc
Apparato motore: 8 caldaie e 4 gruppi turboriduttori=130.000/4 ( prove littorio 139.561,veneto134.616.
Velocita'=29-29( prove: Littorio 31,2 con 41.782 t ;veneto31,4 con 42.138 tù
Autonomia: 4580/16;3.920/20;1770/30 con 4.000t di nafta.
Protezione:verticale, al galleggiamento350:orizzontale207;torrione260;torri g.c 350;torri m.c.150;subacquea:cilindri assorbitori tipo Pugliese
Armamento:9-381/50 (IIIx3); 12-152/55 (IIIx4); 4-120/40 ill.(Ix4);12-90-50 aa (Ix12); 20mtg 37/54 (IIx8, Ix4);20 mtg 20/65 (IIx10; dal 1942:veneto 32, IIx16 ;Littorio,roma 28,IIx14); 1 Catapulta, brandeggiabile poppiera, e 3 aerei ( 3 idroricognitori Ro43;da fine 1942:2-1 Ro43 e 1-2 caccia Re 2000)
Apparati radar:EC/ter "Gufo" (LITTORIO,1 (prototipo) da 08.1941,1 (di serie ) da 09.1942+1 da estate1943;Veneto, 1 da 06 1943;roma ,1 da 08.1943.
Equipaggio:1.830-1960 (di cui 80 ufficiali+eventualia 30 addetti al Comando squadra)
Cant wait to see them in World Of Warships, im so getting one.
Remembered watching this a couple years ago but couldn't remember which ship had it's turret blown out by the Fritz-X. Unreal. Glad I found this again. Someone should trnslate the original doc to Anglish
nice video !, I sincerely hope that will add in the game ...
bravissimo !!!, ottimo video !
I thought the Italian documentary footage was excellent - yeah, the translation wasn't great, but what're you gonna do? Good job.
Matt Richardson :) thanks
Very nice, more like this please. :)
Thanks, no need for an apology. Nice episode.
For what is available, this was a pretty good presentation!! Italians definitely had good looking ships. AA wasn't too good though, but that was normal for that period. Thanks!!
Thomas Hockin Anytime ^_^ very limited materials on the Italians, so doing the best I can :D
Thanks to lord we have a bit of materials or for the AA army we need to spit!
they weren't pocket Battleships
cant wait for Italian bbs in world of warships
almost cried watching our beautiful navy sinking :(
Nice documentary, i'm looking forward for the world of warships game release, i d' like to play with a littorio class because it's part of the story of my country (even if it was a bad period).
biobomb93 I am looking forward to playing her too, my favourite BB anywhere due to her looks
The Italian armed forces suffered from one main issue…incompetent leadership who lacked aggressiveness. Their servicemen were capable and they had excellent ships and produce fighters second to none. Properly equipped, mobile and lead Italian troops fought well in North Africa.
Many sources call this class the Vittorio Veneto class. But wiki and other sources call it the Littorio class. However Vittorio Veneto was launched and completed first. Also there was actually a fourth member of this class, the Impero but she was never completed.
Additional information I would like to add. The Roma and the fourth ship Impero (never completed) during initial design were to have 16 inch guns instead of the 15 inch guns. But it was considered too expensive to retool the barrels and the turrets so they just kept to orginal 15 inch guns.
Littorio Class Battleships to me are the most beautiful battleships. The candy cane stripes and way everything is laid out.
Victor Yau Where did you read that? AFAIK the 16-inch guns were considered in the initial project for the whole Littorio-class, but were discarded because they would be costlier than 15-inch guns, and with those there was some previosu experience (the main armament of the never completed Caracciolo-class).
Wikipedia. I guess I read the information wrong. But thank you for correcting me.
Victor Yau Well, Wikipedia is all right, but it's always better to see from where the guy took the info.
Ahhhhh, perhaps the most handsome battleships. Maybe the French Richelieu . . . damn fine looking also. Just talking aesthetics now, not the childish arguments of who would win. I my opinion all battleships are equally great, I have no favorite. It's really the crew that decides the outcome.
Also I did notice the use of HMS KGV class BB's in place of the Littorio class.
the ship looks asom
Wow, did not see that one coming...
I hope this bb class will soon/asap in the wows Italian tech tree
italy have the best navy of the Mediterranean and one of the best in the world
And some of the most incompetent naval officers in world war 2.
also true....enough to beat the British in many battles (without radar)
Italian Naval officers that manned the ships were very competent Italian admiralty was the problem
Correct. Italian Navy ship commanders didn't actually command anything, no matter how skilled they were, they were requested to report to the Navy HQ in Rome every single situation and wait for admirals authorization to give any order, even in battle.. I can only imagine how difficult and ineffective that was.
i think if they are inplemented into the game id like them to have very good AA, as proven here
There was a fourth member of the class. The Impero sadly she was never completed 😓
"The risk of a night attack . . ." Misleading, as it was the British, not the Italians, who possessed effective RaDAR, so it was only a risk for the ships of the Regina Marina.
Otherwise an interesting compilation of documentary material and an enjoyable watch. Thanks for posting!
*Regia Marina
Regia means Royal, while Regina would mean Queen. ;)
Italy: Right, if we just remain stealthy about this mission, our ships will be fine.
Germany: I'm going to stop you right there.
Mysteriously that day the protective net usually used to protect the port wasn't in place ... this together with many many another anomalies can open a discussion about the level of betrayal of the so called generals of our army , the most known definitely is Badoglio !
hey do you guys think this ship will be in wows?
I see a lot of youtubers that create a list of Italian ships to introduce in game and i'm happy with that.
After the great delusion about the Italian planes on War Thunder i hope that will be implemented the Italian warships in WoWs.
Even because the only other game in my knowledge that has implemented it is Kantai Collection and.... it'a a little niche game. XD
and now?
bloody hell even though she sank the roma was a tough ship think about it you just had a magazine detonated thats catastrophic most other battleships would have disappeared in a flash with little or none of the crew surviving but the roma stayed together long enough for some of the crew to get off thats not bad not bad at all
sixshot19 and the bomb was also powerful
The Fritz-X had 688 lbs of Amatol as its warhead. Amatol was less powerful than TNT but was used because it was a cheap way to extend TNT reserves without losing that much explosive power. By comparison the Mark 13 US aerial torpedo used against Musashi and Yamato had 600 lbs of Torpex, an explosive 50% to 100% more powerful than TNT. Warspite, a WWI battleships, survived a hit from a Fritz-X. Later ships were equipped with radio jammers that defeated the Fritz-X.
It is proposed by some that higher velocity guns were not as effective as guns that could fire high arcing rounds at ranges where hits were most likely. Some have suggested that the 45 caliber 16" guns of the North Carolina/South Dakota classes were more effective than the 50 caliber 16" guns of the Iowa class even though the Iowa class had about a 4 mile greater range with their guns (no hits were ever made at that range on a moving target). Even against land bases, shells that came in close to vertical were more effective than shells coming in at a shallow angle as was determined at Tarawa.
As for the Littorios, the armor piercing round capability was never proven in battle. Only one smallish British destroyer is claimed to have been directly hit by a Littorio and a couple of experts suggest it was actually an 8" round from an Italian cruiser given the damage to the unarmored ship.
@@danzervos7606Did Warspites magazine explode? Exactly, I didn't think so.
@@hecatombhenbaneharuspex6303 None of the Warspite's magazines exploded because they were apparently well protected with armor or armour as the British would post.
@@danzervos7606 None of the Warspite's magazines exploded because, like in every other case of a ship hit by the Fritz-X, bar the second Fritz-X that hit the Roma, the bomb overpenetrated and exploded in water.
Were do you find these and how you get away with it?.
It is kinda hard to find good footage of Italian battelships. Even the French have more videos to choose from.
Are this shop in the game ?
I think those British destroyers looked like they were going faster than the Swordfish airplanes
I really like your "Know Your Ship" series Chase :) Just watched this "Littorio Class" episode today and I can't help but wonder ... I know my knowledge of World War II events is a bit rusty at times, but ... does the documentary portion actually state that German Air forces attacked Italian Naval forces? In 1943? Did I miss something in the history books? :)
I mean Italy surrendered to the Allied Forces in October, not September? Right
Ronnie Tage Skov Their ships were on the way to change sides to the Allies and the Germans attacked in order to prevent Italian ships from joining the Allies.
+Ronnie Tage Skov nope it was 8 september
best to sink her rather then she fall to enemy hands
@lizetong qiu yeah but for 1943 it was a smart bomb:)
@lizetong qiu yeah well welcome to the interwebs
ok bel video ma si parla solo delle battaglie dove abbiamo perso , non ci sono però quelle dove abbiamo vinto come la seconda battaglia della sirte ,la battaglia mezzo giugno e quella di mezzo agosto
+andrea 2001 questi sono solo documentari relativi alle navi di classe littorio
+andrea 2001 vero, è difficile parlare delle nostre vittorie per 2 motivi principali, il 1° è che gli inglesi come gli americani furono abili nel nascondere e sminuire le proprie sconfitte ..., il 2° è che la royal navy combatteva solo quando aveva buone possibilità di vittoria, quando vedeva la flotta italiana più numerosa e sentiva le cannonate delle nuove "littorio" dei 381 mm se la davano a gambe ...
+nikooalessi201996 lo so hai completamente ragione...ma comunque adesso quelle nostre vittorie si conoscono
+andrea 2001 non tutte e non tutti purtroppo ...
l'ammiraglia della flotta inglese nel Mediterraneo credo fosse la Warspite una classe Queen Elizabeth, dubito la flotta inglese(schierata nel Mediterraneo era all'altezza di quella italiana,infatti attaccavano le navi italiane solo quando c'era buona possibilità di vincere ,gli inglesi sono stati codardi a non attaccare faccia a faccia la flotta italiana ma furbi perché hanno procurato molti danni ,poi anche quei crucchi che hanno affondato la Roma sono stati degli infami a mio avviso
A Taranto invece sono stati bravi gli inglesi
Nice video.
However, the British-made documentary is still somewhat... imprecise (just small details, but they count for something, I believe). Just to say, it was "Duilio", not "Dulio"... and it was her and the "Littorio" that were beached, while the "Cavour" attempted it too late and came to rest on the bottom. Not to mention that "Iachino" is pronounced with a hard c.
But whatever, it's still accurate enough.
In any case, these are going to be mainstays of Italy once the tree will be implemented... and we'll see how though they really were!
historynerd88 We shall see how they compete in game against their rivals :)
iChaseGaming Yes. I'm eager to find out.
(Not that I expect them to be able to stand their ground against the Yamato or the Iowa, but I believe they can perform honourably...)
historynerd88
that i don't know... she may lacked the armor, but her guns were scary
those 9x15 where very high velocity guns: (870m/s) and the AP shells where heavy (840kg), with a theorical range of 44km, (22km effective) but she had slow rof and 35/-5 degree of elevation and low barrel life
iowa 1270kg @ 760m/s
yamato 1460kg @ 780m/s
i can see LOT of overpenetration with ap lol
Silverized84 It's true; IRL the biggest issue was that, mainly because of the mediocre quality of ammo control, horizontal dispersion impaired any good shooting, so these guns never hit a target when firing in anger. However, the engagement distance was always pretty big.
In game, where accuracy for the guns has been somewhat improved (I believe), and engagement distance is considerably smaller, I believe they might show their worth.
In any case, I think they are going to be good Tier VIII or perhaps even IX battleships, but they aren't going to show in Tier X.
Also, they kept using the video of the burning U.S.S Arizona at random times for some reason.
WG just confirmed the Roma is being added to World of Warships!
It'll be a TVIII.
Was the crew of the Pola drinking when they were attacked by Warspite?
Pola had not been attacked by Warspite. She was crippled by an aerial torpedo, that left her dead on water, and then finished by the Nubian, when the commander already gave the order to scuttle the ship.
Austin1723
This is a fairytale, this would have been true if referred to Brit sailors, they were and are notorious drunkards.
Maak nu juist de Littorio model 150 cm.prachtig schip.
I want these ships so bad...
Ofcourse one of the most powerful ship but 6tons over the limit though.
i reacken that this will be at tier 8
Yes.
Kenneth Williamson
chase you got rekt in this match
Roma is my favorite battleship
I can translate, if you would like a voice over - I speak fluent Italian. Email me if you wish.
When will this come in wows?
Sadly not sure :( italian ships will be a while from now
i think you should check the littorio guns statistic
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fun things was that marconi did presented his naval radar around the same time as other nations.
Politician said noooope. we don't need it.
warspite battlegroup found the three cruiser by night with their pants down. it was admiralty bad choice and they did pay for it
if a captain wanted air support, they had to call their superior or the battlegroup commander, wich he called supermarina, wich then asked the airforce for support.
have fun surviving till the planes arrived
(the second half) English plz?
MrDroid leadr Sorry, the best I could do was English subtitles :( the documentary footage there was in Italian
ah its ok i didn't watch the ending at first i was just getting into it then it switched to Italian and i got mad but its all good i just wish i was good at the game
Was italy was bad like the germa and japan or there good with the American and british
japan's ships was very good
+Jade West In general the Italian ships was considered good, well build, fast and solid they have their issues though, first they lack of radar and sonar second the crew was not trained well in night fighting, third they have really bad supreme command.. other things like the supposed lack of performance of the 381mm guns is maybe due to dont have radar and sonar in fact the royal navy when engaging the italian ships was used to start firing from long distance when the italian can only fire looking the smoke of the english guns to take aim
Since the other two misunderstood the question, Italy was part of the Axis at first (bad), but later joined the Allies (good).
Enigma tell every movimet of Italian ships - after that it is not really a surprise that italian ships had some issues in the war...
+Gabriele De Carli They had night battles with the British without using radars. Cmon. They only got them in 1943 when thr war was lost already.
why did Germany attack an Italian ship i thought they were both axis?
t raw Perché dopo 8 settembre del 1943 l'Italia aveva chiesto armistizio agli Stati Uniti e Gran Bretagna passando a combattere i tedeschi insieme a loro. Purtroppo la nave Roma che in base agli accordi doveva dirigersi verso Malta è stata attaccata da un aereo tedesco con una nuova arma per quei tempi un prototipo di missile che l'ha colpita in pino nella stiva degli esplosivi facendola affondare in pochi minuti con 1000 e più marinai con l' Ammiraglio Bergamini che non ha voluto abbandonare la nave affondando insieme a lei.
Well the bad news for germany, Italy switched sides to the allies when Mussolini got kicked out of power around 1943 and I don't know whats going on with Italy but going to left this comment for someone to explain.
t raw Italy capitulated to the Allies, and the Germans attempted to destroy everything that they couldn't get their hands on.
Side note, It was the Kingdom of Italy which capitulated to the allies, Mussolini fled north and formed the Italian Social Republic.
After the surrender, for Hitler is imperative to destroyed the Regia Marina Navy. First target is the Roma, too much dangeros for the germany for his firepower and ne first italian radar the Gufo (owl) system. The main turret of the Roma Class have an innovative autobalance system and a "primitive" coputer for telemetric target. In the hand of the Ally the Roma, with the Ally's Intelligence and Air superioty become a deadly manace for Germany. The attack of germany bomber, hit a first time with the new missle and damaged the Roma, but simpley slower a bit. The second missle, penetrate and hit the ammo cargo. The explosion give the death at one of the most powerfull battleship of history and at over 1000 seamen. The Roma, sleep in the deep of the italian sea, a cold coffin for many seaman and for a glory of a little nation that made ships (Roma Class), arduos task for a nations and empire much larger, powerful and advance. R.I.P. Roma and his crew.
They probably didn't know which ship they were aiming for. The Roma just got unlucky.
Excuse my ignorance but didn't the Germans and Italians fight alongside each other in ww2?
Yes, but Italy surrendered and went to the Allied side :P
we actually didn't surrendered.. we switched side, but the RSI (formed after the armistice in 1943) remained with the Germans till the end ;)
we surrundered cuz of the king coward the brave soldiers flee to the north in the Italian Social Republic
"king coward"? Yeah, he should have opened fire when those exalted marched on Rome...
Randolph Carter and kill that shit-talker before he ad the chance to ruin Italy for years , I cannot believe that in Italy there are still closeminded jerks who still think he was good in any way for Italy , and I have to deal whit those adult-size brats every day
Tof
Wait, why did the Germans attack their own ally?
Poor Battleships, they was so pretty....
i want to play world of warships so bad does anyone have an invite code
Evan Campbell You'll have to wait for either next beta weekend or CBT
iChaseGaming when is next beta weekend and what is CBT
iChaseGaming what is cbt and when is the next beta weekend
Evan Campbell It's OBT now (OPEN BETA) meaning it's now free to download on the website that bears its name
Lol, the Italian documentary used modern maps.
Harry Potter maps are the same as the modern day, so your comeback is pretty lame.
And my "problem" (which isn't actually a problem, just something I found funny) is that most documentaries I see set in the World Wars DO have period accurate borders.
cv's just ruin everything. Why did the germans attack the battleships? Was it a miscommunication or was this after the italians joined the allies?
We had not change side immediately, but we was surrendered to the allies the 8th of september 1943, we had declared italy neutral but the nazis invaded us and a civil war was begun, the nazis were afraid of a possible align of the italian navy with the allies so they destroyed all main battleship
I guess wargaming put italian ships in World of Warships
It's veneto, not veneeto
Beware of the Warspite..... oops to late
to kill a big and expensive monster is with a big and expensive monster.
-some guy with a 12 year old mind
well, we are ruled by "guy's" with this kind of mindset.
swordfish OP
Its sad that the Italian Navy was shat on by everyone during the war. First by the British with better leadership, training and organisation, then by the Germans with newer technology who were meant to be fighting with them.
They had some beautiful ships and competant crews, just a pity about the whole facist dictatorship malarky.
In case of the Italian navy, it was not the navy itself. But a failed doctorine in making decisions. Whenever an italian navy captain wanted to make a move, wich involved even the minulest slightest risk of losing his ship, he had to contact all the way to the highest command in the italian army. Often the answer was no. And by the time he did got approval, the momentum or element of surprise was gone. There was once a good video off this on youtube, and it showed atleast 7 instances were the Regia marina would have been superior to the RN and most likely victorious.
The italian army & Airforce had fanatastic new designs ready already in 1935. Mussolini was even worse then hitler, and he found that no improvements were needed to his "mostly ww1 equipped" italian army. Only on tank designs, did the italians go wrong.
In the English speaking world it's common to see the war in the Mediterranean as a series of British victories from the start to the capitulation of Italy.
In reality, things went a little different.
In mid 1940, Cunningham could fight while in view of the Italian coast.
In March 1941 the battle of Cape Matapan had been a costly defeat for the Italians, but it had been fought in Greek waters.
In September 1941 the Battleship Nelson was heavily damaged in the last British attempt to sail their big guns in central Mediterranean first than november 1942.
From November 1941 to November 1942, the operativity of British capital ships was limited to few miles outside the ports of Alexandria and Gibraltar. In the attempts to resupply Malta, only transports, destroyer and light cruiser were sent, and mauled. In the meantime, Italian convoys to N. Africa had a rate of success from 70% to over 90%. In June 1942, operation Vigorous had been stopped by the mere reported presence of the Littorio at sea.
To decide the war in the Mediterranean had not been leadership, training or organisation, but shortage of fuel. At November 1942 the Italian fleet effectively able to sail (with many limitations) was reduced to two heavy cruisers, five light cruisers, and few of the older destroyers (the most modern fleet destroyers were considered too thirsty to be used).
Tell that to the MAS who were raping British ships all over the Med, and to Littorio who destroyed two British ships in one engagement.
Damn, this video enlight only bad things about this class, sinkings and night at taranto. Nothign abotu he guns being mroe powerful than Iowa class guns...
Dislike
Iowa guns more powerful
Less giants battleships. More tanks.
Still bad they were killed by the germans and their own allies😢😢😢😡😡
Bad documentary. Here we talk about italians navy defeats in WW2 and not about italian Littorio Class Battleship. This video you can call " Italians navy defeats during WW2". What a shame.
Itlaian crews .... defeat in progress....
Not crews, but commanders
Your grammar: Already defeated.