Principe Amedeo-class ironclad
Ironclad warship class of the Italian Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Principe Amedeo class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1870s and 1880s. They were the culmination of a major naval construction program designed to give Italy a powerful fleet of ironclads. The two ships, Principe Amedeo and Palestro, were the last Italian ironclads to feature sailing rigs and wooden hulls. They were armed with a battery of six 254 mm (10 in) guns and were capable of a speed in excess of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). The ships had uneventful careers, spending much of it in Italy's colonial empire. By the late 1880s, they were withdrawn from service and employed in secondary roles, first as headquarters ships for harbor defenses. Principe Amedeo was converted into a depot ship in 1895 and was discarded in 1910, while Palestro was used as a training ship from 1894 to 1900 before being scrapped between 1902 and 1904.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Principe Amedeo class |
Builders | |
Operators | Regia Marina |
Preceded by | Affondatore |
Succeeded by | Duilio class |
Built | 1865–1875 |
In commission | 1874–1900 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics [lower-alpha 1] | |
Type | Ironclad warship |
Displacement | |
Length | 79.73 m (261 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
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Speed | 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) |
Range | 1,780 nmi (3,300 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 548 |
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