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Dante Alighieri was the first dreadnought battleship built by the Italian Navy, and was designed by Rear Admiral Edoardo Masdea. Cuniberti's call for heavy artillery arranged to emphasize broadside fire led to the placement of four triple 12-inch gun turrets along the centerline. [ 4 ]
Dante Alighieri, named after the medieval Italian poet, was the only dreadnought battleship ever named for a poet. [9] She was laid down at the naval shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia on 6 June 1909, launched on 20 August 1910, and completed on 15 January 1913. [2] The ship was used to evaluate Curtiss floatplanes in 1913–14. [10]
Leonardo da Vinci was the last of three Conte di Cavour-class dreadnoughts built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1910s. Completed just before the beginning of World War I, the ship saw no action and was sunk by a magazine explosion in 1916 with the loss of 248 officers and enlisted men.
Napoli History Italy Name Napoli Namesake Naples Operator Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) Builder Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Laid down 21 October 1903 Launched 10 September 1905 Completed 1 September 1908 Stricken 3 September 1926 Fate Scrapped General characteristics Class and type Regina Elena -class pre-dreadnought battleship Displacement 13,774 long tons (13,995 t) Length ...
The Francesco Caracciolo-class battleships were a group of four super-dreadnought battleships designed for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in 1913 and ordered in 1914. The first ship of the class, Francesco Caracciolo , was laid down in late 1914; the other three ships, Cristoforo Colombo , Marcantonio Colonna , and Francesco Morosini ...
Andrea Doria was the lead ship of her class of battleships built by the Regia Marina (Royal Navy). The class included only one sister ship, Duilio. Andrea Doria was named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral of the same name.
The design for the Regina Elena class was prepared by the noted naval engineer, Vittorio Cuniberti, then the Chief Engineer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). The Navy specified a vessel that would be more powerful than contemporary armored cruisers and faster than foreign pre-dreadnought battleships on a displacement of no more than 13,000 long tons (13,210 t).
Benedetto Brin was the second and final member of the Regina Margherita class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. She was armed with a main battery of four 305 mm (12 in) guns and had a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).