The RN Trento was the lead ship of the Trento-class heavy cruisers of the Regia Marina. Laid down in 1925 under the Washington naval treaty, although they exceeded the imposed limits of it. Trento together with her sister Trieste, were very lightly armoured with only a 70 mm thick belt, 20 to 50 mm thick deck and 100 mm armour protecting turrets. What Trento lacked in armour, she made up in her speed as she managed to reach 66 km/h during her trials and also featured a heavy armament consisting of eight 203 mm/50 Model 1924 guns made by Ansaldo, in four twin turrets with two forward and two aft. During WWII, Trento served extensively in Mediterranean, taking part in battle of Calabria, Cape Spartivento, and Cape Matapan. She also took part in the First and Second battle of Sirte, during which she heavily damaged British K-class destroyer HMS Kingston. In June 1942, during Operation Harpoon, Trento was torpedoed by a Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber and then later on torpedoed by British submarine HMS Umbra and sunk with very heavy loss of life on June 15th, 1942.
Introduced in Update "Starfighters", the RN Trento is the first heavy cruiser of the Regia Marina that captains will come across. She offers powerful main weaponry and average speed, but inadequate protection. Her secondary weapons consist of six twin 100 mm turrets able to fire HE-TF shells against aircraft on long distances, complemented by four twin 37 mm Breda autocannons for self defence against motor torpedo boats and aircraft that manage to penetrate the flak barrage made by the 100 mm guns. As last wave of defense serve four twin 13.2 mm Breda heavy machine guns. Trento is also armed with 16 torpedoes with 4 loaded in two fixed twin launchers amidship on each side and another 8 torpedoes ready to be reloaded. However, the spare torpedoes are relatively unprotected as the 50 mm armour belt doesn't reach high enough to fully cover these, leaving the ship vulnerable to fatal torpedo explosions.