Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni

	Bartolomeo Colleoni passing through the Suez Canal in 1935
History
Italy
Name	Bartolomeo Colleoni
Namesake	Bartolomeo Colleoni
Ordered	1926
Builder	Ansaldo, Genoa
Laid down	21 June 1928
Launched	21 December 1930
Commissioned	10 February 1932
Fate	Sunk by HMAS Sydney and others at the Battle of Cape Spada, 19 July 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Giussano-class cruiser
Displacement	Standard: 5,130 long tons (5,210 t); Full load: 6,844 long tons (6,954 t);
Length	169.3 m (555 ft 5 in) (loa)
Beam	15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Installed power	6 × water-tube boilers; 95,000 shp (71,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × steam turbine sets; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Complement	520
Armament	8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns; 6 × 100 mm (3.9 in) guns; 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns ; 8 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Decks: 20 mm (0.79 in); Belt: 24 mm (0.94 in); Turrets: 23 mm (0.91 in); Tower: 25 to 40 mm (0.98 to 1.57 in);
Aircraft carried	2 × seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult launcher

Bartolomeo Colleoni was an Italian Giussano-class light cruiser, that served in the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War II. She was named after Bartolomeo Colleoni, an Italian military leader of the 15th century.

She was sunk at the Battle of Cape Spada early in the war.

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