Andrea Doria

The Story of Andrea Doria

Andrea Doria was one of two Andrea Doria-class battleships in service with the Italian Navy in the 20th century. The work was carried out between the shipyards of La Spezia and Castellammare in 1912, until it was launched in 1915 and put into operation in 1916.

According to Conte di Cavour's battleship design, Andrea Doria arrived too late to see combat action in World War I and had to wait for the second-largest global conflict in history to fire angrily.

Andrea Doria's profile is dominated by her double mast and funnel, which open up midship space for the main pylon location. In its early form, the ship had 13 x 12" main guns mounted in five turrets, three triple and two double. This primary armament was complemented by 16 x 6" guns, 13 x 3 "The main gun and 3 x 135mm torpedo tubes have considerable offensive firepower The defensive armament consists of 6 x 76mm guns for anti-aircraft use initially powered by a steam turbine with 20 boilers to 30,000 shaft horsepower powers four shafts. Eight Yarrow boilers power a pair of shafts, but shaft loads are 75,000 horsepower.

Crew size is 1,233 sailors.

Although Andrea Doria completely missed the fight in World War I, after the war of 1919 (World War I ended in 1918) she fired from her gun, in Russia During the Civil War, she served as a frigate for the Allied Black Sea Intervention Force. Furthermore, until the start of World War II, the ship lived a relatively peaceful life at sea. From 1937 to 1940, it underwent a major overhaul, adding additional armor in key areas and turret fairings, and changing armament. Later versions of the ship were equipped with 10 x 12.6 inch main guns in two triple and two twin turret positions. Supplemented with 12 x 5.3" AA guns and 10 x 3.5" AA guns, 13 x 76mm AA guns, 15 x 37mm AA guns and 16 x 20mm AA guns (note the torpedo tubes removed) this basically makes Andrea Doria The No.

2 became a more powerful ship later in her career than was first introduced at the time. The number of crew members on this new form increased to 1,485.

Her engine has also been changed, and her top speed has been increased, thanks to a redesigned twin-screw over the original quadruple design and a new boiler system that powers her steam turbine.

During World War II, the Andrea Doria participated in escort battles across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, with significant success at the First Battle of Sirte. As history has shown, their days of struggle are numbered and the Italian nation is increasingly on the verge of surrender.

At the end of 1942, Andrea Doria was placed in reserve status and eventually surrendered to the British near Malta that same year. She was detained in 1943 after Italy's official defeat in late 1943.

The Andrea Doria class was replaced by the Littorio class during World War II.

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