Italian battleship Giulio Cesare
Giulio Cesare was one of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1914, she was little used and saw no combat during the First World War. The ship supported operations during the Corfu Incident in 1923 and spent much of the rest of the decade in reserve. She was rebuilt between 1933 and 1937 with more powerful guns, additional armor and considerably more speed than before.
Giulio Cesare after reconstruction
Office of Naval Intelligence drawing of the Conte di Cavour class, January 1943
Launch of Giulio Cesare, 15 October 1911.
Giulio Cesare shortly after completion, 1914
Conte di Cavour-class battleship
The Conte di Cavour–class battleships were a group of three dreadnoughts built for the Royal Italian Navy in the 1910s. The ships were completed during World War I, but none saw action before the end of hostilities. Leonardo da Vinci was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 and sold for scrap in 1923. The two surviving ships, Conte di Cavour and Giulio Cesare, supported operations during the Corfu Incident in 1923. They were extensively reconstructed between 1933 and 1937 with more powerful guns, additional armor and considerably more speed than before.
Conte di Cavour at speed in her original configuration
Original configuration
Office of Naval Intelligence drawing of the Conte di Cavour class, January 1943
Giulio Cesare leading her sister after their reconstruction