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Ship
Franco Gay & Valerio Gay With a trial speed of nearly 40 knots Bartolomeo
Colleoni was arguably the fastest cruiser ever built,
but was only one of a series of such ships — known.
Pictorial section
Action painting and colour guide on the jacket
More than 300 perspective and 3-view drawings,
as the ‘Condottieri’ type — built by the Italian Navy with in-depth descriptive keys, of every detail of the
between the wars to counter the large French super- ship — general arrangements, hull construction,
destroyers. The ship was sunk in a famous duel with machinery, superstructure, rig, armament, fire
the Australian cruiser Sydney in 1940. control, fittings, boats and aircraft
Acomplete anatomy of the ship in words,
This volume features photographs and drawings.
* Full description of the ship and her weapons,
including details of the planned conversions to
anti-aircraft cruiser Baromeo Collen’ as completed 1882
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BARTOLOMEO
COLLEONI
