[24] Pola was formally stricken from the naval register on 18 October 1946. Achetez tous les produits warhammer chez nous en ligne, nous expédions partout au Canada. Zara was a heavy cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), the lead ship of the Zara class.Named after the Italian city of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia), the ship was built at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard beginning with her keel laying in July 1928, launching in April 1930, and commissioning in October 1931. The Pola was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina operating during the Second World War. However, when POLA was damaged by an aerial torpedo, the entire 1st Cruiser … They were developed in response to the French Dunkerque-class battleships, and were armed with 381-millimeter (15.0 in) guns and had a top speed of 30 knots. If you can improve it further, please do so. [3] Another attempt to intercept a British convoy in late November resulted in the Battle of Cape Spartivento. [13] Admiral Inigo Campioni broke off the action because he mistakenly believed he was facing a superior force, the result of poor aerial reconnaissance. Vérifier la liste des frais d'expédition . The Italian fleet left port on 26 November and while en route to the British fleet, Pola and the battleship Vittorio Veneto were attacked by Swordfish torpedo bombers from the carrier HMS Ark Royal, but both ships evaded the torpedoes. Being built as a flagship she was built with a more bulky bridge structure as compared to the more minimalistic ones of her sisters. Pola was a Zara-class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), named after the Italian city of Pola (now Pula, Croatia). At Matapan she was detected by the radar of a Royal Navy ship, then badly damaged by a hit from a torpedo fired from a Fairey Swordfish aeroplane and immobilised near the Matapan peninsula, though the rest of the Italian fleet continued its return journey. HMS Mohawk was one of 16 Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy shortly before the beginning of Second World War in 1939. 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. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by a battery of sixteen 100 mm (4 in) 47-cal. The Spanish commander refused and instead steamed to Bizerte in French Tunisia, where his ships were interned. Trieste was the second of two Trento-class heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina. (WikiProject Military history (Rated GA-Class) This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. USD 20.41 . Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap} 35°19′N20°59′E / 35.317°N 20.983°E / 35.317; 20.983, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1941. She was sunk in the battle of Cape Matapan (29 March 1941) during World War II. She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto during World War I, and she had three sister ships: Littorio, Roma, and Impero, though only Littorio and Roma were completed during the war. Her power plant consisted of two Parsons steam turbines powered by eight oil-fired Yarrow boilers, which were trunked into two funnels amidships. [1] The Italians were signalled of her position so those not already picked up by the British destroyers could be rescued. Trento was the first of two Trento-class cruisers; they were the first heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina. [3] Pola was drydocked on 16 December for repair work that lasted until 7 February 1941. The battleships Conte di Cavour and Giulio Cesare provided distant support. After intensive peacetime activity, at the start of the Second World War the Pola was made the flagship of Admiral Riccardo Paladini, commander of 2nd Squadron, and took part in 12 actions between then and her sinking, including the battles of Calabria and. [2] with most of her crew rescued by Gaetano Tavoni (the great effort of the rescue caused him a fatal heart attack and his body was never found). [8] During the action, Pola engaged British cruisers but neither side scored any hits. Italian cruiser Pola. Her armor deck was 70 mm (2.8 in) thick in the central portion of the ship and reduced to 20 mm (0.79 in) at either end. [3] On 7 March 1939, Pola and her sisterships sortied from Taranto to intercept a squadron of Republican warships—three cruisers and eight destroyers —attempting to reach the Black Sea. During the latter engagement she briefly battled the British cruiser HMS Berwick. [1] Pola was designed to function as a squadron flagship, and so her forward superstructure was larger than that of her sisters, and was faired into the forward funnel. [9] On 1 November, Mussolini visited the ship in Taranto. Built between 1934 and 1942, they were the most modern battleships used by Italy during World War II. Mohawk returned home shortly after the start of the Second World War and was assigned convoy escort duties, during which she was damaged by German bombers. Stash. [23], Pola initially was left alone during the action, and her captain, assuming that his ship would be the next target (and unable to return fire), ordered his crew to open the seacocks and abandon ship. After picking up survivors, the destroyers joined Havock and a boarding party was prepared to take Pola, though it was discovered that most of her crew had jumped into the water, and the remaining men were huddled on the forecastle, ready to surrender. Later, in a fierce night engagement in the early hours of 29 March, Pola, Zara, Fiume, and two destroyers were sunk by the British Mediterranean Fleet with heavy loss of life. It’s the old kit from Tauro, that Hobbyboss has scaled up to 1:350. The ships sortied in response to British attacks on Italian positions in Libya. 20/01/2021. Part 1. [17] The damage filled three compartments with water and disabled five of her boilers and the main steam line that fed the turbines, leaving her immobilized and unable to use her main guns as the turrets were impossible to move due to the loss of power. She was named after the Lictor, in ancient times the bearer of the Roman fasces, which was adopted as the symbol of Italian Fascism. This operation resulted in the Battle of Cape Matapan on 27–29 March. While covering another convoy from Alexandria to Malta in June 1942 during Operation Vigorous, Hasty was torpedoed by a German motor torpedo boat and was so badly damaged that she had to be scuttled. The Pola appeared in the alternated history Japanese anime Strike Witches 2 episode "Higher than the Sky" with sistership, Zara. She was armed with a main battery of thirteen 305 mm (12.0 in) guns and had a top speed of 21 knots. Named for the town of Gorizia, the ship was laid down at the OTO Livorno shipyard in March 1930, was launched in December that year and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1931. Almost twenty minutes later, the British illuminated first Zara and then Fiume with their searchlights; the British battleships obliterated Fiume, Zara, and two destroyers in a point-blank engagement. The ship was laid down in June 1925, was launched in October 1926, and was commissioned in December 1928. The ship's keel was laid down in October 1934, launched in July 1937, and readied for service with the Italian fleet by August 1940. Les meilleures offres pour Hobby Boss 1:350 ITALIAN HEAVY CRUISER POLA 1941 Plastic Model Kit #86502 sont sur eBay Comparez les prix et les spécificités des produits neufs et d'occasion Pleins d'articles en livraison gratuite! [3], Pola went on a short cruise to Italian Libya on 10–12 March 1937, with Mussolini and Prince Luigi Amedeo aboard. The Zara class was a group of four heavy cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina in the late 1920s and the early 1930s. €14.93 ou 9700 pts. Completed (1x) Related products Detail and Conversion sets. Fitting-out work proceeded quickly, and the new cruiser entered service just over a year later on 21 December 1932. Two days later, the Italian battleships briefly clashed with the British Mediterranean Fleet in an inconclusive action off Calabria. 16,09 € Ajouter au panier. Initiatrice de la gamme Pola, la marque Opal a vu le jour en 1995. [2], She was protected with an armored belt that was 150 mm (5.9 in) thick amidships. She was sunk in … Today we're putting another Italian cruiser under the spotlight, this time it's the Pola, flagship of the Zara class cruisers. She was built in the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard in Livorno in the early 1930s and entered service in 1932. Contient 23.00% de la TVA. Caio Duilio saw no action during World War I owing to the inactivity of the Austro-Hungarian fleet during the conflict. Ansaldo & C. between her keel laying in June 1930 and her commissioning in August 1933. HMS Hasty was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s. The rescue group's route there brought them directly within range of Admiral Andrew Cunningham's force. Fabricant: Hobby Boss. Two of the 100 mm guns and all of the 40 mm and 12.7 mm guns were removed in the late 1930s and eight 37 mm (1.5 in) 54-cal. During the battle, she was disabled by a British airstrike. Pola initially served as the flagship of the 2nd Squadron, and in 1940 she led the squadron during the battles of Calabria and Cape Spartivento, in July and November, respectively. The class was composed of four ships—Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Roma, and Impero—but only the first three ships of the class were completed. Littorio was laid down in October 1934, launched in August 1937, and completed in May 1940. A flotilla of British destroyers rushed to the scene, first discovering the abandoned Zara, which was still afloat; she was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyer Jervis. On 16 August she conducted live fire training off Naples, and at the end of the month she was transferred from Naples to Taranto. The ship took part in the Battle of Cape Matapan in late March 1941. [21] The British fleet, centered on the battleships Valiant, Warspite, and Barham, was at this point only 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) away. Zara class (Zara, Fiume, Gorizia, Pola) Type: Italian heavy cruiser. In June, Hasty participated in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and was escorting convoys and the larger ships of the Mediterranean Fleet for the next year. Andrea Doria was named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral of the same name. Italian Heavy Cruiser Pola(1941) (Hobby Boss 86502) Numéro: FHW35003: Échelle: 1:350 : Type: Kit de détaillage : Sujet: Heavy cruiser Zara-class » Croiseurs (Navires) Contenu de la boîte Conçu pour Place de marché € 16.28 En stock. Though nominally built under the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the two cruisers significantly exceeded the displacement limits imposed by the treaty. It being impracticable to tow the ship to Alexandria, it was sunk by torpedoes first by Jervis then Nubian. Like her sisters, she was armed with a battery of eight 203-millimeter (8.0 in) guns and was capable of a top speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph). Carlo Cattaneo was an Italian admiral during World War II. [15] Two bombs hit the ship, both amidships on the port side. [10] She and the rest of the fleet left for Naples the following morning. [1] [2], Pola's secondary battery was revised several times during her career. [3], In late September, the Italian fleet, including Pola, made a sweep for a British troop convoy from Alexandria to Malta, but it made no contact with the British ships. Comprend: Grappes de plastique . [3] Pola was present in the harbor at Taranto when the British fleet launched the nighttime carrier strike on Taranto on the night of 11–12 November, but she was not attacked in the raid. He was killed in the Battle of Cape Matapan. From 10 September to 3 October, she was stationed in Palma de Mallorca to safeguard Italian interests there. [6] She refueled at Messina and departed on 12 June, [3] along with the rest of the 2nd Squadron and the 1st Squadron. 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