The Illustrated London News dated 20 May 1876
Part of Duilio-class preceded by Principe Amedeo-class succeeded by Italia-class. The building was made public by the Italian minister of navy admiral Simone Arturo Saint-Bon in March 1873. There were three of these battleships to be built and which were to be the most powerful warships of their time as designed by Benedetto Brin. The Caio Duilio was laid down at ny R.C. di Castellammare di Stabia on 6 January 1873, launched on 8 May 1876, commissioned on 6 January 1880, plans to rebuilt along the lines of the Enrico Dandolo were cancelled in 1902, decommissioned 1906 , disarmed on 29 June 1909, converted into a coal an storage hulk and renamed GMV40 in 1909. Her sister ship was the Dandalo, the third one was never realized.
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