Littorio Class
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781848321052
Subjects: Warships; World war, 1939-1945, naval operations, italian
Description: "Italy's final battleship design produced one of Europe's largest and most powerful capital ship classes, comparable with Germany's acclaimed Bismarck. The three completed ships of the Littorio class were typical of Italian design, being fast and elegant, but also boasting a revolutionary protective scheme - which was tested to the limits, as all three were to be heavily damaged at some point in the hard-fought naval war in the Mediterranean ..."--Back cover.