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 Wo
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
Battle of Calabria
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The Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War between ships of the Regia Marina and those of the Mediterranean Fleet. The bat
Italian battleship Giulio Cesare
…armor and considerably more speed than before. During World War II, both Giulio Cesare and her sister ship, Conte di Cavour, participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, when the former was lightly damaged. They were both present when British torpedo bombers attacked the fleet at Taranto in November 1940…
Italian battleship Giulio Cesare, 9 July 1940
The aircraft carrier, HMS Eagle, at Alexandria in December 1940.
Example of a Cant Z.506 in flight
Italian sailors watch British shells land near their ship in the Battle of Calabria