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unusual facts about Italian battleship ''Ruggiero di Lauria''



Roger of Lauria

The Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) battleship Ruggiero di Lauria, completed in 1888 and stricken in 1909, was named for Roger of Lauria.

Ruggiero di Lauria

Roger of Lauria (ca. 1245-1305), in Italian Ruggiero di Lauria or Ruggero di Lauria, an Italian admiral

Italian battleship Ruggiero di Lauria, a predreadnought battleship completed in 1888 and stricken in 1909

Sailor of the King

HMS Cleopatra herself had a distinguished war record, as she was Admiral Vian's flagship at the Second Battle of Sirte, when she was one of four light-cruisers which beat off the Italian battleship Littorio and two powerful heavy cruisers in one of the best cruiser actions of the war.


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