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Originally Posted by VonDos
Hi everyone!
I've seen somo photo\postcards with Trento class cruisers; on some of them (very rare), on ship's bow there is a seaplane. In some others there isn't planes. Do you know if there was a seaplane on Trento during ww2? Should i add it?
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Bolzano had their planes used actively during his WW2 career.
I do not know about Trento and Trieste but I assume that they've used their scouts as well.
Trento class had hangar which could hold two planes. Third could be carried on catapult. Will third plane be carried it depend of nature of mission since front guns could not fire strait ahead while planes were on catapult without damage to plane. So, mostly it carried two planes. That is why on some pictures you can see plane ready on catapult and on some pictures there are no planes.
I hope this clarifies thing a bit.
BTW, are you planing to create Bolzano as it was historicly?
He was more class of his own. Actually it was predecessor of Zara's and he was much more similar to Zara's then Trento's.
He had hull much more similar as Zara's (bridge was different then Zara's).
http://warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?langu...d=&idtrida=167
PS: VonDOs, could you clarify for me meaning of a terms Navi di battaglia and corazzata???
I've been searching on net Italian word for Battleship and I've found that sometimes it is used term Navi di battaglia and sometimes corazzata.
What is difference between these terms and which is right for "Battleship"?