Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli

Raimondo Montecuccoli was an Italian light cruiser of the Condottieri class that gave her name to its Montecuccoli sub-class, the third group of the type. She was larger and better protected than the earlier groups, with about 18 percent of her displacement given to armour, and she was built by Ansaldo at Genoa. She entered service in 1935 and was sent to the Far East in 1937 to protect Italian interests in China. In the Second World War she fought at the Battle of Punta Stilo and led the attack on the Harpoon convoy at the Battle of Pantelleria in June 1942. Heavily damaged by American bombers in Naples in December 1942, she was repaired and went on to serve with the Italian Co-Belligerent navy after the armistice. She stayed in the post-war Marina Militare as a training cruiser until 1964, and part of her mast and a gun mount are preserved near Perugia.