Italian ironclad Enrico Dandolo

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	January 6, 1873
Launched:	1878
Commissioned:	1882
Decommissioned:	July 4, 1920
Fate:
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement:	11,138 tons (12,265 tons full load)
Length:	109.2 m
Beam:	19.7 m
Draught:	8.8 m
Propulsion:	8 coal fired boilers, two double-expansion steam engines
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h) @ 7,710 hp
Range:	3,760 nautical miles (6,960 km) at economical speed
Complement:	420
Armament:	2 x twin 450 mm muzzle-loading guns, 3 x 120 mm, 2 x 75 mm, 8 x 57 mm, 22 x 37 mm, 3 torpedo tubes
Armor:	550 mm waterline belt, 450 mm turrets, 400 citadel

The RN Enrico Dandolo was an ironclad battleship built in Italy for the Regia Marina in the 1870s. Designed by Benedetto Brin, together with her sister Duilio, and armed with muzzle-loader Armstrong 450 mm 100 ton guns, she was considered the most powerful battleship of the time. She was laid down at La Spezia in 1873, and completed in 1882.

She took its name from the Doge of Venice Enrico Dandolo.

The ship was refurbished in the early 20th century. During the Italian-Turkish War in 1911-1912 she performed support role in Sicilian ports, and performed a similar role during World War I in Brindisi and Valona (Albania).