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Ammiraglio d Saint Bon-class
Laid down at Castellamma di Stabia on 5 October 1893, launched on 29 September 1897, sea trials off Naples, Italy in September 1900, commissioned on 6September 1901, completed on 16 April 1902, to be broken up being obsolete in 1914-1915, became harbour defence ships at Venice, Italy stricken on 29 March 1920 and broken up.
Part of the Ammiraglio d Saint Bon-class battleships, designed by Benedetto Brin, consisted of the Ammiraglio di Saint Bon and the Emanuele Filiberto. Preceded by the Re Umberto-class and succeeded by the Regina Margherita-class. The design was not really a success.
Displacement 10.244 (normal)-10.700 (full load) tons and as dimensions 105 (waterline)-111.8 (over all) x 21 x 8 metres or 344-366.9½ x 59.3½ x 25.2½ feet. The 2-shaft triple expansions steam engines and 12 cylindrical boilers supplied 13.552 ihp allowing a speed of 18.3 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 5.500 nautical miles. Their crew numbered 565 men. The Harvey armour consisted of a 24,9cm/9.8’ thick belt and side, a 7cm/2.75” thick deck with the turrets, casemates and conning tower protected by respectively 24,9cm/9.8”, 15cm/5.9” and 24,9cm/9.8”. The armament consisted of 2x2-25,4cm/10”/40 Armstrong guns, 8x1-15,2cm/6”/40 guns, 8-11,9cm/4.7”/40 guns, 8-5,7cm/2.2”/43 6-pd guns, 2x1-3,7cm/1.5”/20 guns and 4z1-45cm/17.7” torpedo tubes.
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1. Benedetto Brin (17 May 1822 Turin, Piedmont-24 May 1898, Rome, Lazia), naval engineer in the Royal Italian navy and minister of marine (1876-1898).
