Benedetto Brin |
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| Career (Italy) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Benedetto Brin |
| Namesake: | Benedetto Brin |
| Builder: | Castellammare Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1899 |
| Launched: | 7 November 1905 |
| Completed: | 1 September 1905 |
| Fate: | Destroyed by explosion 27 September 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 13,215 long tons (13,427 t) (standard) 14,737 long tons (14,973 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 138.65 m (454 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 23.84 m (78 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power: | 20,475 ihp (15,268 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 28 boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi (18,520 km; 11,508 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 812/900 |
| Armament: |
2 × 2 - 305 mm (12 in)/40 guns |
| Armor: | Harvey armor Belt and side: 6 in (152 mm) Deck: 3.1 in (78.7 mm) Turrets: 8 in (203 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm) |
Benedetto Brin was a Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. She was destroyed by an explosion during World War I.
The ship was launched at Castellammare di Stabia in 1901, and was completed in 1905. She was lost in the harbor of Brindisi, on 27 September 1915, due to enemy sabotage.[1] A total of 8 officers and 379 ratings survived but 454 members of the crew, including Rear-Admiral de Cervin died.[2]
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