italian ironclad ironclad warship built italian regia marina 1860s 1870s lead ship class alongside sister ship laid launched completed late armed battery guns gun sail rigged ironclad italian fleet single steam engine capable ship speed slightly knots mph lengthy construction time rendered time entered service result primarily served station ship italy overseas empire november collided ironclad storm naples withdrawn service converted headquarters ship vessels defending taranto stricken naval register depot ship broken scrap design meters long perpendiculars beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally long tons short tons load propulsion system consisted single expansion steam engine drove single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired cylindrical fire tube boilers engine produced speed knots mph indicated horsepower steam nautical miles speed knots mph ship barque rigged supplement steam engine sister rigged ironclads built italy crew officers men armed main battery guns mounted single armored casemates placed amidships guns broadside gun mounted forward bow protected iron belt armor thick extended entire length hull casemates protected iron plating small conning tower thick iron plates service history laid august completed hull launched january fitting work proceeded slowly ship finally completed december time completed primarily served italian colonial empire italy begun acquiring 1880s occasionally took training maneuvers main italian fleet career took launching ceremony ironclad september present italian ironclad king aboard yacht british ironclads hms monarch vice admiral members mediterranean_fleet time flew flag vice admiral early november moored naples severe storm tore ironclad free anchors knocked ship damaged collision annual fleet maneuvers held served flagship rear admiral commanding joined ironclad corvette sloop torpedo boats defended attacking western squadron conflict operations conducted exercises forced surrender ironclad employed headquarters ship forces defending taranto time equipped guns close range defense machine guns torpedo tubes ship stricken naval register march ammunition depot ship taranto eventually broken scrap
Italian ironclad Principe Amedeo