Regina Maria Pia-class
Venezia
Affondatore
Of the Roma-class consisting of the Roma and Venezia. Originally designed as a broadside ironclad was she redesigned by De Luca into a central battery ironclad with her main armament into a central casemate. Preceded by the Regina Maria Pia-class and succeeded by the Affondatore.
Laid down at Cantiere della Foce, Genoa, Italy in February 1863, launched on 21 January 1869, completed on 1 April 1873, converted into a torpedo training ship including cutting down of her rigging in 1881, served since at La Spezia, Italy until 23 August 1895, stricken in 1895 and broken up in 1895-1896.
Displacement 5.814 (normal)-6.151 (full load) tons and as dimensions 79,65 (between perpendiculars) x 17,48 x 7,6 metres or 261’4” x 57’4”x 24’11”. Surface amidship section 106 square metres. The machinery consisted of one singe expansion steam engine and 6 fire-tube boilers supplying 3.670 ihp allowing a speed of 13,6 knots. With a speed of 10 knots was her range 1.940 nautical miles. Originally barque-rigged. Her crew numbered 302 (as training ship) 549-551 (as ironclad) men. The armour consisted of a 15cm/5”.9” thick belt at the water line over the full hull length and a 12,1cm/4.75” thick casemate. The original armament consisted of 18-25,4cm/10” (2 able to fire ahead and 2 astern) guns. After 1881 of 4-7,6cm/3.0” guns and 4-5,7cm/2.2” guns.
