Italian cruiser Zara
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Zara was a heavy cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina, the lead ship of the Zara class. Named after the Italian city of Zara, the ship was built at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard beginning wit
Italian cruiser Zara NH 111457
Profile and plan drawing of the Zara class
Zara (second from right) along with Fiume and Pola in Naples
Zara on gunnery exercises in 1938
Italian cruiser Pola
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Pola was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina, named after the Italian city of Pola. She was built in the Odero Terni Orlando shipyard in Livorno in the early 1930s and entered servi
Italian cruiser Zara
…1940, the Battle of Taranto in November 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. In the last engagement, Zara and her sister ships Fiume and Pola were sunk in a close-range night engagement with three British battleships. Most of her crew, 783 officers and sailors, including the divisional commander…
Pola underway, date unknown
Profile drawing of Pola