WW2 Battleship Italy “Roma” building blocks scale 1:300

Designed and authorized by count_of_brick, this impressive creation is inspired by the Italian WWII battleship Roma and meticulously captures the magnificent details and design of the original ship. The Roma's main armament consists of nine cannons housed in three triple turrets, with two turrets arranged in superfiring configuration at the front and the third turret positioned at the rear. Complementing the firepower are twelve secondary guns distributed across four triple turrets amidships, as well as four single guns.

Roma, named after the two previous ships and the city of Rome, was the third Litorio-class battleship of the Royal Italian Navy. Roma and her sister ship Imperial were built due to escalating tensions around the world and the Navy's fear that just two Litorios, even with older pre-WWI battleships, would be insufficient to counter the British and French Mediterranean fleets. Roma entered the Regia Dock on 14 June 1942, but by this time severe fuel shortages in Italy prevented her from seeing action; instead, she was deployed alongside sister ships Vittorio Veneto and Litorio to reinforce the air defenses of various Italian cities. In June 1943, she was twice heavily damaged during bomber raids on La Spezia. After repairs in July and part of August in Genoa, Roma was assigned as Admiral Carlo Bergamini's flagship in a large battle group that eventually consisted of three Littorios, eight cruisers, and eight destroyers. While the unit was in the Strait of Bonifacio, it was discovered by the Luftwaffe. The first attack failed, but the second caused heavy damage to the Italian (formerly Litorio) and Roma's crew. Shortly afterwards, another bomb crashed into the ship and detonated in the forward engine compartment, causing catastrophic flooding and the explosion of the second main turret magazine, hurling the turret itself into the sea. Roma sank in the bow and, listing to starboard, capsized and broke in half. Aboard were 1,393 crew, including Bergamini.