Ammiraglio di Saint Bon |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Ammiraglio di Saint Bon |
| Operators: | Regia Marina |
| Preceded by: | Re Umberto-class |
| Succeeded by: | Regina Margherita-class |
| Built: | 1893–1902 |
| In commission: | 1901–1920 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 10,082 long tons (10,244 t) normal 10,531 long tons (10,700 t) full load |
| Length: | 366 ft 9.5 in (111.8 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 3.5 in (21.1 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft 2.5 in (7.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 14,296 ihp (10,661 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers |
| Speed: | 18.3 knots (21.1 mph; 33.9 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,400–5,500 nautical miles (6,297–10,186 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 557 |
| Armament: | 2 × 2 - 10-inch (254 mm)/40 guns 8 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/40 guns 8 × 1 - 4.7-inch (119 mm)/40 guns 8 × 1 - 57-millimeter (2.2 in)/43 six-pounder guns 2 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/20 guns 4 × 1 - 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Harvey armor Belt and side: 9.8 in (249 mm) Deck: 2.75 in (69.9 mm) Turrets: 9.8 in (249 mm) Conning tower: 9.8 in (249 mm) Casemates: 5.9 in (150 mm) |
The Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) during the 1890s.
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Ammiraglio di Saint Bon was built by the Venice Naval Shipyard. She was laid down on 18 July 1893, launched on 29 April 1897, and completed on 24 May 1901, although she had been commissioned on 1 February 1901.[1] She took part in the Italo-Turkish War; in 1912 she supported Italian forces occupying Tripoli, and in the same year she operated in the Aegean Sea in support of Italian forces occupying the island of Rhodes during the Balkan Wars. During World War I she was based on Venice for operations in the Adriatic.[2] She was stricken on 18 June 1920.[1]
Emanuele Filiberto was named after Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. She was built by the Castellammare Naval Shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, Naples. She was laid down on 5 October 1893, launched on 29 September 1897, and completed on 16 April 1902, although she had been commissioned on 6 September 1901. She was stricken on 29 March 1920.[1]
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