- This page is about the 1940 dreadnought battleship. For other Roma battleships of the Regia Marina, see Italian battleship Roma.
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| Fate: | Sunk
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement: | 43,624 tons standard,
45,752 tons full load
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| Length: | 224.5 - 237.8 m
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| Beam: | 32.9 m
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| Draught: | 10.5 m
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| Propulsion: | 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 140,000 hp
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| Speed: | 31,45 knots (56 km/h)
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| Range: | 3,920 miles at 20 knots
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| Complement: | 1,830 (1,910 as flagship)
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| Armament: | 3x3 381/50 mm,
4x3 155/55 mm,
12 90/50 mm (anti-aircraft),
20 37/50 mm,
30 20/65 mm
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| Aircraft: | 3
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| Protection: | max 350 mm (vertical)
220 mm (horizontal)
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Roma was an Italy Vittorio Veneto class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was built in 1940.
Roma was sunk on 9 September 1943, by a German Fritz X bomb launched from a Dornier Do 217 aircraft. It was thus the first capital ship to be sunk by a guided anti-ship missile.
She was en route to the surrender point where she exploded after being hit by a Fritz X bomb, killing almost everyone on board.
