Italian Navy Cruisers
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Helicopter Cruiser
Vittorio Veneto 550 (1969 – 2003) LOA 589′ TDISP 8,800 tons intended to be museum ship
Vittorio Veneto 2001 Credit: Eugenio Castillo CC BY-SA 3.0
Armoured Cruiser
Modified Pisa class armoured cruiser Royal Hellenic Navy ship Georgios Averof (1911-1952) LOA 460′ TDISP 10,200 tons. Originally intended for Italian Navy in Livorno. Service in Balkan Wars and both World Wars. Museum ship since 1984 at Palaio Faliro, near Athens Greece. Very rare armoured cruiser.
Royal Hellenic Navy Georgios Averof in disruptive camoflage, 1942. Credit: UK Royal Navy — HM Statutory Crown Copyright, 1942UK/Gov-PD /Public domain
Brassey’s Annual, 1923 diagram of armoured arrangement and gun layout of the Giorgios Averof. artist not identified / Public domain
