Italian battleship Emanuele Filiberto


Emanuele Filiberto during World War I.
Career (Italy)
Name: Emanuele Filiberto
Namesake: Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta
Operator: Italian Navy
Builder: Castellammare Naval Shipyard
Laid down: 5 October 1893
Launched: 29 September 1897
Completed: 16 April 1902
Commissioned: 6 September 1901
Struck: 29 March 1920
General characteristics
Class and type: Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement: 9,645 long tons (9,800 t) normal
about 9,940 long tons (10,100 t) full load
Length: 366 ft 9.5 in (111.8 m)
Beam: 69 ft 3.5 in (21.1 m)
Draft: 23 ft 10 in (7.3 m)
Installed power: 13,552 ihp (10,106 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Speed: 18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph)
Range: 3,400–5,500 nautical miles (6,297–10,186 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 565
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
6 × 1 - 3-inch (76 mm)/40 guns
8 × 1 - 57-millimeter (2.2 in)/43 six-pounder guns
8 × 1 - 47-millimeter (1.9 in)/40 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 Emanuele Filiberto was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) during the 1890s.

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Service

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.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Gardiner, p. 343

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