Italian battleship Regina Elena 1901-1923

Regina Margherita-class

Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types. 

Eveleigh Nash, London, England, 1915. 

Regina Elena-class

Dante Alighieri

Laid down at the La Spezia Naval shipyard on 27 March 1901, launched on 19 June 1904, commissioned on 11 September 1907, stricken on 16 February 1923 and finally broken up despite the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 allowed Italy to keep her in service.

Of the Regina Elena-class consisting of the Regina Elena, Roma, Napoli and the Vittorio Emanuel designed by Vittorio Cuniberti preceded by the Regina Margherita-class and succeeded by the Dante Alighieri.

General technical specifications. Displacement 14.029 tons/13.807 long tons and as dimensions 132,6 (waterline)-144,6 (over all) x 22,4 x 8,58 metres or 474 x 73 x 28,1 feet. Two vertical four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines and 28 Belleville coal-fired boilers allowing a speed of 20,8 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range pf 10.000 nautical miles. Crew numbered 742-764 men. The Krupp steel armour made in Terni consisted of a 25cm/9.8” thick belt, 3,8cm/1.5” decks with the gun turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 20cm/8” and 25cm/10”. The armament consisted of 2x1-30cm/12” 40 cal guns, 6x2-20cm/8” 40 cal guns, 16-7,6cm/3” 40 cal guns and 2-45cm/17.7” torpedo tubes placed in the hull below the waterline.

Note
1. Vittorio Emanuele Cuniberti (7 June 1854 Turin, Italy), naval engineer.