Regina Elena on 17 May 1907, about four months before she was commissioned. |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | Regia Marina |
| Preceded by: | Regina Margherita class battleship |
| Succeeded by: | Conte di Cavour class battleship |
| Built: | 1901-1908 |
| In commission: | 1907-1927 |
| Planned: | 4 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Scrapped: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 12,550–12,658 long tons (12,751–12,861 t) normal 13,771–13,914 long tons (13,992–14,137 t) full load |
| Length: | 474 ft 5 in (144.6 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 6 in (22.4 m) |
| Draft: | 28 ft 1.5 in (8.6 m) (maximum) |
| Installed power: | 19,299–21,968 ihp (14,391–16,382 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, vertical triple expansion steam engines, 28 boilers |
| Speed: | 20.8–22.15 knots (38.5–41.02 km/h; 23.9–25.49 mph) |
| Range: | 5,000–10,000 nautical miles (9,260–18,520 km; 5,754–11,508 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 557 |
| Armament: | 2 × 1 - 12-inch (305 mm)/40 guns 6 × 2 - 8-inch (203 mm)/45 guns 16 or 24 × 1 - 3-inch (76 mm)/40 guns 2 × 1 - 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Belt and side: 9.8 in (249 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38.1 mm) Turrets: 8 in (203 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm) |
The Regina Elena class was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1904 and 1911.[1] They were considered to be the fastest pre-dreadnought battleships in any navy at that time.[2] Designed by Vittorio Cuniberti, they saw service during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 with the Ottoman Empire and in World War I, in which Italy participated from 1915 to 1918.[3] They were laid up in the 1920s.
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