italian battleship dreadnought battleship built regia marina completed battleship built main armament triple gun turrets ship served flagship world war saw little action second battle engage enemy forces fired guns anger career refitted stricken navy list subsequently sold scrap description designed chief regia marina based ideas general advocated battleship main guns single caliber broadside fire addition ship superstructure funnels kept minimum dreadnought meters long waterline meters overall ship beam meters draft meters displaced tonnes long tons normal load tonnes long tons deep load crew officers enlisted men ship propelled propeller shafts driven parsons steam turbines steam turbines provided water tube boilers seven burned oil remaining burned mixture oil coal boilers widely separated compartments funnels turbines positioned center turrets designed reach maximum speed knots mph shaft horsepower failed reach goal sea trials ship maximum speed knots mph shp ship store maximum tonnes long tons coal unknown quantity fuel oil gave range nautical miles mph nmi knots mph armament main armament consisted dozen caliber millimeter inch guns triple gun turrets positioned ship centerline turrets superfiring later classes battleships battlecruisers designed imperial_russian_navy shared turret layout surviving evidence shows russians decided layout reasons sources disagree guns performance naval historian claims fired kilogram armor piercing projectiles rate round minute muzzle velocity metres second gave maximum range meters ship secondary armament consisted caliber millimeter guns guns fitted twin gun turrets abreast forward aft main gun turrets remaining guns mounted casemates sides hull guns maximum elevation degrees rate fire shots minute fire kilogram high explosive muzzle velocity meters second maximum distance yards defense torpedo boats carried thirteen caliber guns mounted turret tops guns range elevation secondary guns rate fire higher rounds minute fired kilogram muzzle velocity meters second maximum distance yards ship fitted submerged centimeter torpedo tubes broadside stern complete waterline armor belt maximum thickness millimeters ship armored deck thick main turrets protected maximum millimeters armor secondary turrets casemates millimeters armor conning tower walls millimeters thick construction service named medieval italian poet battleship named poet laid naval shipyard june launched august completed january ship evaluate italy entered world war flagship 1st based taranto remained squadron rest war ship assigned forces command vice admiral ship positioned intercept austro hungarian ships based sortied attack allied ships bombarding october austro hungarians remained harbor fire guns battle king victor iii entertained delegates genoa conference aboard ship refitted foremast aircraft flying platform turret forward funnels taller reduce smoke interference bridge tested new fire control system ranges meters new mast weight system judged successful subsequently installed class battleships year ship transported sicily italian economy weakened fighting world war late 1920s longer afford maintain sizable fleet result admiral decided scrap salvaged battleship reduce naval budget ship stricken july subsequently scrapped
Italian battleship Dante Alighieri