The Impero was an Italian Littorio Class battleship of 35000 tons displacement launched in 1939. The Impero was powered by oil-fired high pressure water-tube boilers providing a top speed of 30 knots and carried a complement of 1600. Armaments consisted of nine 15-inch Vickers guns (official designation 381/40); twelve 6-inch guns; twelve 3.5-inch ... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RI.HTM