Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Officer's dining room aboard the newly completed Littorio Class Battleship RM Roma in 1942.

All 3 of the class in 1943......... DFO

Commissioning of Littorio Class Battleship RM Roma pictured at Trieste on June 14th 1942.

Two postwar views of ITALIA........ DFO

Splinter damage from a 500 # bomb hit. A B-24 dropped it on LITTORIO 15 Aug, '42 while moored. The turret reportedly remained functional. DFO

Three views of the never completed IMPERO....... DFO

Littorio Class Battleship RM Vittorio Veneto pictured in the Ionian Sea in September 1940.

LITTORIO during a practice firing in 1943.......... DFO

The last of the line: ROMA, both above and below water........ DFO

Littorio Class Battleship RN Vittorio Veneto pictured as she fires a trial shot from one of her 15 inch/50 cal guns whilst moored at La Spezia naval base on March 30th 1943. Later on the same day, she will go out into the Gulf of La Spezia to conduct day and night gunnery exercises...I wonder how many windows had to be replaced.