Scale model RMS Littorio Battleship

RMS Littorio Battleship

Resin Italian Battleship, 1:700 Scale.
The lead ship of the Italian Littorio class 'treaty' battleships, RMS Littorio commissioned in May 1940. She was hit by 3 air launched torpedoes at Taranto on the night of the 11th of November 1940; repaired by April 1941, was damaged in the battle of Sirte in March 1942 then by air attack in June 1942 and again in April 1943.
She surrendered to the Allies on the 9th of September 1943 at Malta after being damaged by a German Glider-bomb enroute. Discarded in 1948