Conte de Cavour Battleship WW1

Conte di Cavour was an Italian dreadnought battleship commissioned during the First World War. Her original configuration featured a heavy gun battery arranged in a characteristic mixture of triple and twin turrets. A major reconstruction between the wars transformed her machinery, superstructure, protection, and armament layout. The original dreadnought configuration differed substantially from the extensively reconstructed battleship later damaged at Taranto, reflecting the scale of Italy’s interwar modernization of the surviving ships. The sister Giulio Cesare followed a separate career and later passed to the Soviet Union, while Conte di Cavour remained associated with Italian operations and her unfinished post-Taranto repairs. The reconstruction changed the balance of weight and machinery within an existing hull. That complicated process explains why later silhouettes can look dramatically different while still belonging to the same ship.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1914, Global Empires, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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