She escorted several convoys to North Africa and participated in the Battle of Cape Spartivento in late 1940 and the First Battle of Sirte in late 1941. They were both present when British torpedo bombers attacked the fleet at Taranto in November 1940, but Giulio Cesare was not damaged. Contentsīoth Giulio Cesare and her sister ship, Conte di Cavour, participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, when the former was lightly damaged. She was rebuilt between 19 with more powerful guns, additional armor and considerably more speed than before. The ship supported operations during the Corfu Incident in 1923 and spent much of the rest of the decade in reserve. She served in both World Wars, although she was little used and saw no combat during the former.
Giulio Cesare was one of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Italian Navy ( Regia Marina) in the 1910s.
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