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Andrea Doria (1913 battleship)
Scrapped
Andrea Doria was the lead ship of her two-vessel class of Italian dreadnought battleships, built for the Regia Marina. She was named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, and is distinct from the earlier 1880s ironclad and later postwar cruiser/destroyer of the same name.
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+ Add a kit| WWII Italian Navy Battleship Andrea Doria 1941 | Orange Hobby | 1:700 | Resin | Discontinued | |
No image | 1/350 Italian Andrea Doria Battleship (Full Hull) | Gaga Model | 1:350 | Resin | — |
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Resources
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- Wikipedia: Andrea Doria-class battleshipArticle
Class-level article with detailed general characteristics, armament, armor, and reconstruction details useful for scale accuracy.
- Wikipedia: Italian battleship Andrea DoriaArticle
Main reference article covering design, specifications, modifications, and full service history of the ship.
- Wikipedia: List of battleships of ItalyArticle
Provides broader context on the Andrea Doria class within the overall development of Italian dreadnought battleships.
Museums & archives
- NHHC: NH 86215 Andrea Doria (Italian battleship, 1913-1956)Museum
Naval History and Heritage Command photo record showing the ship after her 1937-1940 reconstruction, useful for visual reference.
History
Specifications
As built, she was 176 m (577 ft) long overall with a 28 m beam and 9.4 m draft, displacing up to 24,729 tonnes at full load. Her main battery comprised thirteen 305 mm (12 in) guns in three triple and two twin turrets, backed by sixteen 152 mm secondary guns, smaller 76 mm guns, and three submerged 450 mm torpedo tubes; armor included a 254 mm belt and 280 mm turret faces. Following a major 1937–1940 reconstruction, her hull was lengthened to 186.9 m, the center turret was removed with the remaining guns bored out to 320 mm, secondary armament was replaced by 135 mm turreted guns, and top speed rose to 26 knots.
Service history
Laid down in March 1912 at the Arsenale di La Spezia, launched in March 1913, and completed in March 1916, she saw no major combat in World War I but was involved in the suppression of Gabriele d'Annunzio's forces at Fiume in 1920 and the Corfu incident of 1923. After her late-1930s modernization she served in World War II, taking part in the inconclusive First Battle of Sirte in December 1941 and escorting North African convoys, while avoiding damage during the British raid on Taranto that crippled her sister ship Duilio. She was interned at Malta after Italy's 1943 armistice, retained postwar as one of only two Italian battleships allowed to survive, and ended her career as a training ship.
Notable facts
Andrea Doria was decommissioned on 16 September 1956, stricken on 1 November 1956, and subsequently scrapped. For modelers, the ship's profile changed substantially between her 1916 as-built configuration (five main turrets, two tripod masts) and her post-1940 reconstructed silhouette (center turret removed, lengthened bow/stern, new superstructure), so reference photos should be checked against the intended build period.