Italian cruiser Fiume

Fiume in Taranto in 1933
History
Italy
Name	Fiume
Namesake	Fiume
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down	29 April 1929
Launched	27 April 1930
Commissioned	23 November 1931
Fate	Sunk during Battle of Cape Matapan, 29 March 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Zara-class cruiser
Displacement	Full load: 13,944 long tons (14,168 t)
Length	182.8 m (599 ft 9 in)
Beam	20.6 m (67 ft 7 in)
Draft	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Installed power	8 × 3-drum Yarrow boilers 95,000 shp (71,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	5,361 nmi (9,929 km; 6,169 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	841
Armament	8 × 203 mm (8 in)/53 cal. guns 16 × 100 mm (4 in) / 47 caliber guns 6 × Vickers-Terni 40 mm/39 guns 8 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Armor	Deck: 70 mm (2.8 in) Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Turret faces: 150 mm Barbettes: 150 mm
Aircraft carried	2

Fiume was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina, named after the Italian city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia), she was the second of four ships in the class, and was built between April 1929 and November 1931. Armed with a main battery of eight 8-inch (200 mm) guns, she was nominally within the 10,000-long-ton (10,000 t) limit imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, though in reality she significantly exceeded this figure.

Fiume saw extensive service during World War II, having participated in several sorties to catch British convoys in the Mediterranean. She was present during the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, Battle of Cape Spartivento in November, and ultimately the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. In the last engagement, Fiume and her sister ships Zara and Pola were sunk in a close-range night engagement with three British battleships.