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Trumpeter 05320 1:350 Scale Plastic Model Italian Navy Battleship RN Vittorio Veneto 1940 kit, (scale model kits, scale model supplies, scale model accessories, model building, hobbies, model ships kit, scale model, scale model maker)
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Trumpeter 05320 1:350 Scale Plastic Model Italian Navy Battleship RN Vittorio Veneto 1940 kit, (scale model kits, scale model supplies, scale model accessories, model building, hobbies, model ships kit, scale model, scale model maker)
Trumpeter 05320 1:350 Scale Plastic Model Italian Navy Battleship RN Vittorio
Veneto 1940 kit
The largest and most powerful warships ever built in Italy, the battleships of
the Littorio class, were the first ¡°35,000 tonners¡± to come under the provisions
of the Washington Treaty. Although the Washington Navel Conference of 1922 gave
Italy the authority to build up to 182,800 tons of new capital ships (including
70,000 tons prior to 1932), the Italians waited more than a decade before
beginning construction.
The RN Vittorio Veneto was commissioned 1 May 1940. Her first mission of World
War II came 31 August 1940 as part of the concentration of the Italian
battleships to put to sea during the war. She participated in a mission to
challenge the British Mediterranean Fleet based at Alexandria, Egypt. The RN
Vittorio Veneto was inactive until November 1940. The last combat mission was
The Convoy Battle in June 1942. The ship was sent to Genoa for repairs where it
remained and was later returned to La Spezia. There she was to remain until the
Italian surrender in September 1943. She was decommissioned on 3 January 1948.
The Paris Peace Treaty ceded the ship to Great Britain; the British government
permitted the Italians to scrap her. This was done in La Spezia during
1948-1950.
Item No 05320
Item Name Italian Navy Battleship RN Vittorio Veneto 1940
Bar Code 9580208053202
Scale 1:350
Item Type Plastic Model Warship Kit
Model Brief Length: 716mm Beam: 95mm
Total Par