Heavy Cruisers: Zara Class

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Brian James
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Heavy Cruisers: Zara Class

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Zara Class Heavy Cruiser RM Fiume pictured undergoing speed trials off Trieste in November 1931.
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The POLA always appealed to my MkI eyeballs as the best looking of the class. The "Art Deco" revisions to bridge complex really looked 30's modern!! Didn't exactly save her though, did it? :o DFO
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A interesting pic of GORZIA from 1936......OOPZ! :o A explosion happened in her AvGas storage....... DFO
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Close up of Lead Ship,Heavy Cruiser RM Zara's Ansaldo 8inch/53 calibre main armament.
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FIUME......... ;) DFO
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Zara Class Heavy Cruiser RM Gorizia pictured at Taranto on April 22nd 1936.
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Reportedly the last known picture of FIUME before her loss at Matapan; note the camo......... ;) DFO
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Two views of the partially stripped hulk of GORZIA, postwar. :( DFO
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FIUME under construction....... ;) DFO
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Here are 2 units of the class launching their float planes from their bow cats.......... ;) DFO
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