Italian cruiser Eugenio di Savoia

	Eugenio di Savoia
History
Italy
Name	Eugenio di Savoia
Namesake	Prince Eugene of Savoy
Builder	Ansaldo, Genoa
Laid down	6 July 1933
Launched	16 March 1935
Commissioned	16 January 1936
Fate	Transferred to Greece, 1950
Greece
Name	Elli
Namesake	Battle of Elli
Acquired	1950
Commissioned	June 1951
Decommissioned	1965
Fate	Scrapped, 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Condottieri-class cruiser
Displacement	8,450 tons standard; 10,539 tons full load;
Length	186.9 m (613 ft 2 in)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draught	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	2 Belluzzo/Parsons geared turbines, 6 Yarrow boillers, 110,000 hp (82,000 kW)
Speed	36.5 knots (68 km/h)
Range	3,900 nautical miles (7,220 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	578
Armament	8 × 152 mm (6 in)/53 OTO Model 1929 naval guns (4×2); 6 × 100 mm (4 in)/47 OTO Model 1928 naval guns (3×2); 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in)/54 Breda Model 1932 AA cannons (4×2); 12 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in)/76 Breda Model 1931 AA machine guns (6×2); 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×3);
Armour	35 mm deck; 70 mm main belt; 90 mm gun turrets; 100 mm conning tower;
Aircraft carried	2
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

Eugenio di Savoia was a Condottieri-class light cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She survived the war but was given as a war reparation to the Hellenic Navy in 1950. Eugenio di Savoia was renamed Elli and served until 1965.

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