[i][[Kantai Collection]][/i] character introduced in the Summer 2016 Event. Her name means "[[eagle]]" in italian and latin.

She is designed by [[Jiji (aardvark)|]] and her voice actress is [[Akasaki Chinatsu]].

She has [[long hair|long]], slightly [[wavy hair|wavy]] [[orange hair]] fashioned into a [[high ponytail]] while her bangs are held to the side by [[hairclip|hairclips]]. Her eyes are a dull [[yellow eyes|yellow]]. She wears a red jacket with a [[white shirt|white]] [[collared shirt]] underneath which has a [[green ribbon]] and a pair of wings ornament along with a [[black skirt|black]] [[miniskirt]]. Both her jacket and shirt very noticeably have [[armpit cutout|armpit cutouts]]. Her legwear consists of [[black thighhighs]] held up by [[garter straps]]. She wields a Roman composite bow. Her design appears to not have any reflection on her historical counterpart's noncompletion.

The historic [i]Aquila[/i]'s career was nonexistent. She was originally an ocean liner named [i]Roma[/i] until she had her aircraft carrier conversion start and was renamed due to the fact that there was already [[roma (kancolle)|a battleship with the same name]] in late 1941, therefore making her the first Italian produced aircraft carrier. The reason for this being that the lack of an aircraft carrier was seen as the reason for the loss of three Italian heavy cruisers ([[zara (kancolle)|Zara]], Fiume and [[pola (kancolle)|Pola]]) in the "Battle of Cape Matapan":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan. This would continue for two years until work on her was halted due to the Italian armistice in 1943, thus leaving her unfinished. She was nearly completed on September 8th of the same year, but was confiscated by Germany and was put under guard, and was eventually damaged by an Allied air attack on Genoa in June 16, 1944. Afterwards on April 19, 1945 she was partially scuttled by Italian frogmen. [i]Aquila[/i] would then be towed to La Spezia in 1949 where completing her or giving her another use was put into consideration, but she was eventually scrapped in 1952.

She is sometimes paired with [[graf zeppelin (kancolle)|Graf Zeppelin]] as fellow incomplete carriers.

h4. External links

* "Kancolle Wikia: Aquila":http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Aquila
* "Wikipedia: Aquila":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila
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