For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Aquila.
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RN Aquila at La Spezia in 1951, just before being scrapped
History
Italy
Name
1941-1949 Aquila
1949-1952 Pontone P227
Ordered
1941
Builder
Ansaldo, Genoa
Refit
Rebuild began in 1941, but was halted due to the Italian armistice in 1943
Fate
Seized by Germany and the Italian Social Republic in 1943. Sabotaged and partially sunk by Italian royalist Co-Belligerent commandos to prevent its use as a blockship in 1945. Raised after the war and demolished by 1952
132 × 20 mm (0.79 in)/65 cal anti-aircraft cannons
Armor
Deck: 8 cm (3.1 in)
Aircraft carried
51
Aquila (Italian for "Eagle") was an Italian aircraft carrier converted from the transatlantic passenger liner SS Roma. During World War II, Work on Aquila began in late 1941 at the Ansaldo shipyard in Genoa and continued for the next two years. With the signing of the Italian armistice on 8 September 1943, however, all work was halted and the vessel remained unfinished. She was captured by the National Republican Navy of the Italian Social Republic and the German occupation forces in 1943, but in 1945 she was partially sunk by a commando attack of Mariassalto, an Italian royalist assault unit of the Co-Belligerent Navy of the Kingdom of Italy, made up by members of the former Decima Flottiglia MAS. Aquila was eventually refloated and scrapped in 1952.[1]
^Portaerei Italiane 1936-1945. Italy: Delta Editrice. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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