CONTE DI CAVOUR
GIULIO CESARE
LEONARDO DA VINCI
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 The Cesare on the afternoon of July 9,1940, returning to base after the Battle of Point Stilo. |
 The Cesare with Veneto in the background, anchored in Naples in January 1942. The photo was taken at the close of an air raid during which Cesare was damaged by near miss. |
 The effect of the 15-inch hit by Warspite on Cesare, during the Battle of Point Stilo (known by the British as the Action off Calabria) a few minutes after hit. |
 July 9, 1940, 3:59 p.m. The Cesare being hit amidships by the British battleship Warspite. |
 The Cesare at sea, on Dec. 17,1941. Note the ships upperworks are camouflaged, the hull is not. Painting of the ship was interrupted by orders to sail, indicative of the urgency ascribed to escorting the mid-December convoy to North Africa. |
 The Cesarein Tarano, Nov. 1948, re-entering the port following engine tests, during her refit, prior to being delivered to the USSR as mandated by the peace treaty. |
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 Giulio Cesare Feb. 1949, Vlore, Albania, close before russian handover. |
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 Tarano after british Swordfish attack. |
 The Cavour, in 1936, undergoing machinery trials following reconstruction. Note the absence of armament and massive range finder, not yet mounted. |
 The Cavour, in the summer of 1937, now complete. |
 The Cavour, at La Spezia in March 1937, when nearly complete.. Note the varying heights of the funnels and one of the two aircraft catapults amidships. These were removed before the ship entered service. |
 Gunnery exercises in 1939. |
 Amidship section of Cavour, in 1938. |
 Cavour, on July 9,1940, sailing at high speed towards Point Stilo. |
 July 9, 1940, 3:54 p.m. The Cavour firing at British ships at Point Stilo. |
 Cavour at Tarano, on the morning of Nov. 12,1940, listing to starboard, with the deck submerged. She was most seriously damaged of the battleships hit the previous night by British torpedoes. She was raised but was destined never to re-enter service. |
 Cavour, still under repair from damage sustained at Tarano, seen in early 1943. |
 Cavour in front followed byCesare. |
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The outer anchorage (Mar Grande) at Tarano, a few days prior to the suprise attack
by British torpedo planes on the evening of Nov. 11/12, 1940. Five battleships
(among other vessels) are present.
Lesft to right: 1) Cavour, 2) Littorio, 3) Veneto, 4) Cesare, 5) Doria
