Caio Duilio-class ironclad
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Class overview |
Name: |
Caio Duilio-class ironclad |
Operators: |
Regia Marina |
Preceded by: |
Principe Amedeo class |
Succeeded by: |
Italia class |
Built: |
1873–82 |
In service: |
1880–1920 |
Completed: |
2 |
Scrapped: |
2 |
General characteristics |
Type: | Ironclad |
Displacement: | 11,138 long tons (11,317 t) 12,267 long tons (12,464 t) full |
Length: | 109.2 m (358 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 19.79 m (64 ft 11 in) |
Draught: | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
Installed power: | 7,710 ihp (5,749 kW) 8 coal-fired boilers |
Propulsion: | 2 shafts, two double-expansion steam engines |
Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at |
Range: | 3,760 nmi (6,960 km) at |
Complement: | 420 |
Armament: |
- 2 × 2 RML 450-mm (17.72 in) muzzle-loading guns
- 3 × 120 mm (4.7 in)
- 2 × 75 mm (3 in)
- 8 × 57 mm (2.2 in)
- 22 × 37 mm (1.5 in)
- 3 × torpedo tubes
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Armour: |
- Waterline belt: 550 mm (22 in)
- Turrets: 450 mm (18 in)
- Citadel: 400 mm (16 in)
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The Caio Duilio class was a class of ironclads built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1870s. A revolutionary design fitted with the largest guns available, 100-ton 450 mm calibre muzzle-loading guns, they were regarded as the most powerful warships afloat in their day.
Ships
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- Preceded by: Principe Amedeo class
- Followed by: Italia class
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- List of ironclads of the Regia Marina
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