Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ngarava nhatu idzi dzakanga dzisina zvakawanda zvadzakaita muHondo Yenyika I, uye hadzina kumboshanda. Pausiku hwaAugust 2/3, 1916, "Leonardo da Vinci" yakanyudzwa nokuputika kwomukati. Yakakwidziridzwa muna 1919; navy yakaronga kuigadzirisa nokuigadziridza, asi yakashaya mari yakakwana, uye yakatengeswa muna 1923. Ngarava mbiri dzakasara dzakavakwazve pakati pemakore ekuma1930, uye dzose dzakaona basa munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Usiku hwaNovember 11/12, 1940, ngarava mbiri idzi dzakarwiswa nemabhomba eBritain muhondo yeTaranto. "Conte di Cavour" yakakuvadzwa zvikuru, uye yakanga isati yagadziriswa zvizere apo Italy yakapa muna September 1943. "Giulio Cesare" panguva ino akapukunyuka asina kukuvadzwa, uye akapinda muhondo dzeCape Spartivento uye
Kutanga Sirte muna November 1940 uye December 1941, zvichiteerana. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, "Conte di Cavour" yakaparadzwa, uye "Giulio Cesare" yakakumikidzwa kuSoviet Union. Yakapiwa zita rokuti "Novorossiysk", pakupedzisira yakanyudzwa muna October 1955 nechimbambaira chekare cheGermany chakasiyiwa muHondo Yenyika II. Chikepe chake chakanga chaparara chakazowanikwa muna 1957 uye chakabva chaparadzwa.