ClassVittorio Veneto class
NavyRegia Marina
CountryItaly
Builder / shipyardAnsaldo, Genoa
Laid down1938-05-14
Launched1939-11-15
Recorded statusIncomplete
What is known about this ship
Impero is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.
Service history
Member of the WAR-CL-000181 roster; source-recorded final disposition: captured incomplete 10.9.1943.
Class context: Vittorio Veneto class
The Vittorio Veneto class comprised Italy’s modern 381 mm fast battleships of the Second World War.
Later service and disposition
captured incomplete 10.9.1943.
Class relationship
This ship is recorded as a member of Vittorio Veneto class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.
Sources and further reading
- VITTORIO VENETO battleships (1940–1942) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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