The Aquila-class aircraft carriers were a pair of Italian aircraft carriers converted from the ocean liners MS Roma and MS Augustus. They were cancelled in 1939 and left to rot in dock.
- Just like in OTL, both ships were cancelled and never completed.
Specifications[]
- Type: Aircraft Carrier
- Service Period: None, cancelled
- Characteristics:
- Length: 772 feet 8 inches (235.51 meters)
- Beam: 98 feet 5 inches (30 meters)
- Draft: 23 feet 11 inches (7.29 meters)
- Displacement: 23,500 tons (Standard); 27,800 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,420 (107 officers and 1,313 enlisted)
- Propulsion: 8 x boilers, 4 x Belluzzo geared steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 151,000 shp (113,250 kW)
- Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
- Armament:
- 8 x 135mm/45-caliber Model 1938 dual purpose naval guns
- 12 x 65mm/64-caliber Model 1939 anti-aircraft guns
- 132 x 20mm/65-caliber Model 1940 anti-aircraft cannons
- Armour:
- Deck: 3.15-inches (80 mm)
- Aircraft Carried: 51 aircraft
Unit Run[]
- RM Aquila - cancelled
- RM Sparviero - cancelled