The first ship of the class on the day it was launched, 12 May 1920.

A line drawing of what the ships would have looked like had they been completed.

Laid down
Carraciolo: 16 Oct 1914
Cristoforo Colombo: 14 Mar 1915
Fransesco: N/A
Marcantonia Colonna: N/A
Launched
Carraciolo: 12 May 1920
Others not launched
Completed
All four ships broken up before completion
Commissioned
N/A
Fate
Carraciolo sold 25 Oct 1921, broken up
Others broken up on slipway, 1921
Builders
Carraciolo: Castellamare Dock Yard
Cristoforo Colombo: Ansaldo, Genoa
Fransesco: N/A
Marcantonia Colonna: N/A
Complement
unknown
Displacement
32,000 - 34,000
Dimensions
695' x 97.2'
Draught
29.6'
Main guns
8 x 381mm/40 (15")
4*2
Secondary guns
12 x 152mm/40
12*1
Light guns
12 x 40mm AA
Torpedo tubes
N/A
Armour
Belt: 300mm
Turrets: 400mm faces
Barbettes: up to 300mm
Deck: 35mm
C.T.: 340mm
Casemates: 150mm
Machinery
20 Yarrow small tube boilers
Turbines
Parsons geared
Power output
105,000 shp
Shafts
4
Speed
28 kts design
Range
8000 NM design
Fuel
Unknown