italian battleship pre dreadnought battleship built italian 1890s keel laid october launched september work completed april sister ship lead ship class armed main battery inch guns capable speed excess knots mph served active squadron italian navy years career assigned war involved assaults tripoli north_africa island rhodes eastern mediterranean_sea world war slated broken need warships granted respite spent war harbor defense ship venice stricken naval register june subsequently broken scrap design meters long overall beam maximum draft displaced long tons combat load propulsion system consisted triple expansion engines rated ihp steam engines provided coal fired cylindrical water tube boilers ship propulsion system provided speed knots mph range approximately nautical miles knots mph crew officers enlisted men built ship armed caliber guns placed twin gun turrets forward aft ship equipped guns individual casemates amidships equipped guns shielded pivot mounts directly battery ship gun armament rounded guns carried torpedo tubes deck mounted launchers ship protected harvey steel main belt thick deck thick conning tower protected armor plating main battery guns thick plating casemates thick service named prince duke built naples laid october launched september september ship began sea trials naples tests maintained speed knots mph hour period completed april commissioned september spent years career 1st squadron sister regina class battleships october ship participated major fleet maneuvers command vice admiral exercises lasted october maneuvers culminated mock attack italian fleet harbor defenses taranto maneuvers served friendly squadron assigned hostile squadron italo turkish war september italy declared war ottoman_empire order seize libya served joined september served alongside regina class battleships ship took bombardment fortresses defending tripoli october italian soldiers went ashore days later 11th taken city december stationed italy april rest sailed rendezvous units met april island combined fleet steamed north following day ships cut submarine telegraph cables dardanelles fleet bombarded fortresses protecting dardanelles meantime torpedo boat steamed port island bombarded ottoman army barracks torpedoed ottoman harbor italian ships left april fleet returned italy leaving flotilla torpedo boats cruise ottoman coast april rest escorted convoy island rhodes italian heavy ships demonstrated city rhodes transports landed expeditionary force miles south soldiers quickly advanced city supported artillery fire italian fleet turks surrendered city following day end returned italy july rest division withdrawn italy replace worn gun barrels repairs october ottomans agreed sign peace treaty end war world war italy declared neutrality outbreak world war august july triple convinced italians enter war promises territory acquisition italy primary rival decades main opponent conflict austro hungarian battle fleet lay directly narrow adriatic_sea admiral italian naval chief staff believed austro hungarian submarines operate effectively narrow waters adriatic threat underwater weapons capital ships use fleet active way instead decided implement blockade relatively safer southern end adriatic battle fleet smaller vessels boats conducted raids austro hungarian ships installations battleships preserved confront austro hungarian battle fleet event sought decisive engagement result rest italian battle fleet significant action war italy entered war harbor defense ship venice protect port austrian naval attacks aided task sister old battleship cruisers smaller craft ship remained italian navy inventory short time end war stricken naval register march subsequently broken scrap
Italian battleship Emanuele Filiberto