Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto Country: Italy Type: Battleship Service: 1940 - 1943 Laid down: 28 October 1934 Launched: 25 July 1937 Commissioned: 28 April 1940 Struck: 1 February 1948 Fate: Scrapped 1948

The Vittorio Veneto (or Littorio) was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy, the most modern used by Italy during World War II. These battleships were developed in response to the French Dunkerque class battlecruisers, with a second pair ordered in response to the Richelieu class battleships. Fascist Italy intended for these battleship to contribute towards the objective of achieving Italian dominance in the Mediterranean Sea.

Vittorio Veneto was the lead ship of the Italian Vittorio Veneto-class battleships, that served in the Italian Regia Marina during World War II. Her keel was laid in 1934 at Cantieri Riuniti dell Adriatico, Trieste; she was launched on 25 July 1937, and her construction was completed in 1940, after Italy had entered in war against France and the United Kingdom. Vittorio Veneto participated in the various battles against British naval forces in the Mediterranean, sustaining some damage. After the armistice of 8 September 1943, Vittorio Veneto interned but the Allies. After the war she was taken by the United Kingdom as war compensation. Vittorio Veneto was eventually returned to Italy where she was dismantled in 1948.