
She was rebuilt between 19 with more powerful guns, additional armor and considerably more speed than before.ĭuring World War II, both Giulio Cesare and her sister ship, Conte di Cavour, participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, when the former was lightly damaged. The ship supported operations during the Corfu Incident in 1923 and spent much of the rest of the decade in reserve. Completed in 1914, she was little used and saw no combat during the First World War. Giulio Cesare was one of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy ( Regia Marina) in the 1910s. Transferred to Soviet Navy, 4 February 1949Ĭonte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleship
