The third of the [i]Zara[/i]-class heavy cruisers of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) as depicted in [[Kantai Collection]]. She is named after "Pula, Croatia":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pula], also known as Pola, which was part of Italy several times in its history, the last time from 1918 to 1947.
Character design by [[Jiji (Aardvark)]], voiced by [[Akasaki Chinatsu]].

h4. Appearance
In-game, she is depicted as having [[grey_hair|gray]] [[wavy hair]], grayish [[brown eyes]], and thick eyebrows. She also wears a uniform similar to big sister [[zara (kancolle)|Zara's]]. Pola wears a black [[bodice]] over a [[white shirt]], a red [[miniskirt]] with [[anchor|anchors]] attached, [[white legwear|white]] [[thighhighs]] and grey [[boots]]. Accessories include a red [[bowtie]] and a [[mini hat]] based on the appearance of the historical Pola's rangefinder. Her damaged portrait features her leaning topless on her gear with several articles of clothing removed (this refers to her demise, as explained below).

For a collaboration with Mitsukoshi with a promotional release of a new batch of "Beaujolais Nouveau":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaujolais_nouveau for the Fall 2016 Event (which also foreshadowed [[commandant teste (kancolle)|Commandant Teste]]'s appearence in the same event), she is drawn wearing a [[white coat]], a [[pink scarf]], [[black pantyhose]], [[black footwear|black]] [[boots]] and [[black gloves]] along with a fur trim for her hat. She is [[sparkle|sparkling]] while staring at the [[wine_glass|glass]] of [[wine]] she is holding, and carrying a [[product_placement|Mitsukoshi bag]]. Her damaged portrait is simply her with the coat and scarf removed, empty glass in hand, no visible damage, revealing she had been wearing her usual clothes underneath.

For a collaboration with [[Lawson]] in July 2017, she was the one designated to wear the employee's uniform, her hair being tied into a ponytail for the occasion.

h4. History and personality
The historical [i]Pola[/i] was disabled by an aerial torpedo from HMS [i][[Formidable (Azur Lane)|]][/i] during the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 and subsequently sunk through a magazine explosion after being torpedoed by HMS [i]Nubian[/i]. Several of her men jumped overboard out of panic after the initial aerial torpedo, but they soon swam back on board after seeing that she didn't sink. The men then stripped themselves of their wet, freezing clothes and raided the ship's stash of wine to feel warm. As a result, they were found drunk and naked by the boarding party from HMS [i][[Jervis (kancolle)|Jervis]][/i], with empty wine bottles littering [i]Pola[/i]'s deck. This is why several of shipgirl Pola's lines, as well as both official and fan art, depict her as somewhat [[drunk]], sometimes naked, and at times with a wine bottle at least at hand's reach, making Zara worried for her sister's welfare. (Coincidentally, Pola's namesake town has a long history of winemaking.)

h4. [i]Zara[/i]-class heavy cruisers
* [[Zara (Kancolle)]]
* [b]Pola[/b]

h4.See Also
* [[Pola (Azur Lane)]]

h4. External links
* "Wikipedia article on Pola":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Pola]
* "Regia Marina site article on Pola (in English), briefly mentioning the 'drunk and naked' episode":[http://www.regiamarina.net/detail_text_with_list.asp?nid=38&lid=1&cid=5]
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