Italy:
Before and after: Battleship Giulio Cesare as built (in 1915), and after her rebuild (in 1938)
The bridge and the fore 152 mm turrets (trained to port) of the Giussano-class light cruiser Alberico da Barbiano, 26 July 1940. Sunk at the Battle of Cape Bon, 13 December 1941 with the loss of 534 men. 250 survivors reached the Tunisian coast or were picked up by rescuing vessels
Condottieri-class light cruiser Duca d'Aosta at Taranto, with her crew manning the rails, during Mussolini's visit to the fleet after the victory against the British in the "Battle of Middle June", 24-25 June 1942
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