Career
As results of the pact between Franco and Mussolini, on February 13, 1937, the ship went into action off the coast of Barcelona (Spain), bombarding the city and causing 18 deaths.
The ship joined the 7th cruiser division and went on a circumnavigation of the globe with her sister ship in 1938-39, returning to La Spezia in March 1939. During the war she fought in the following actions:
- Battle of Punta Stilo
- Operation Harpoon (1942) - the battle in which she crippled HMS Bedouin (F67).
- Operation Pedestal
She was hit during an air strike carried out by Liberator bombers while berthed in Napoli on 4 December 1942. Two other cruisers, Montecuccoli and Attendolo were badly hit and the latter sunk. After the armistice in 1943, she was used as a training ship in Suez. She was transferred to Greece in 1949 as part of the Peace treaty. She was renamed Elli (Έλλη) and served until 1965.
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