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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Regina Margherita |
| Operators: | Regia Marina |
| Preceded by: | Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class |
| Succeeded by: | Regina Elena-class |
| Built: | 1898–1905 |
| In commission: | 1904–1916 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| General characteristics (Regina Margherita) | |
| Type: | Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 13,215 long tons (13,427 t) (standard) 14,093 long tons (14,319 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 138.65 m (454 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 23.84 m (78 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 8.81 m (28 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power: | 21,790 ihp (16,249 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 28 boilers |
| Speed: | 20.3 knots (37.6 km/h; 23.4 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) |
The Regina Margherita was a class of battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1898 and 1905. The class comprised two ships: Regina Margherita and Benedetto Brin.
Designed by Benedetto Brin, they had a considerable speed for the time of 20 knots (37 km/h), and were well armed, with twenty guns of 152 mm, 203 mm and 305 mm caliber. However, armor protection was reduced, making them practically equivalent to battle cruisers: the 150 mm main belt, for example, could be pierced by 305 mm guns from 15–20 km away.
However, neither ship was ever tested in battle, as they were both lost in World War I.
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Launched at La Spezia in 1901, and completed three years later. She was the flagship of the Italian Mediterranean Fleet until 1910. An explosion during repair works in 1911 meant she did not take part in the first phases of the Italo-Turkish War. In 1912 she was in the Aegean Sea, together with Benedetto Brin.
On the night of 11–12 December 1916, while sailing from the port of Valona in heavy sea conditions, she struck two mines laid by the German submarine SM UC-14[1] and blew up. There were 270 survivors and 675 men perished.[2] Her wreck was located in 2005.[3]
The ship was launched at Castellammare di Stabia in 1901, and was completed in 1905. She was lost in the harbour 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.[4]
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