italian ironclad second class ironclad turret ships built italian regia marina royal_navy 1870s fitted largest guns available rifled muzzle loading guns largest fastest powerful ships day built keel laid january hull launched july construction finally completed april ship named 42nd venice commissioned italian fleet spent career italian fleet primarily occupied training exercises heavily modernized receiving new battery fast firing guns place old guns ship served reserve squadron gunnery training ship italo turkish war ships italian fleet action employed harbor defense ship libya venice world war ship ultimately broken scrap design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally long tons short tons load propulsion system consisted vertical compound steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired rectangular boilers engines produced speed knots mph indicated horsepower steam nautical miles speed knots mph crew officers men later increased armed main battery caliber guns mounted turrets placed amidships customary capital ships period carried torpedo tubes protected belt armor thick strongest section protected ship magazines machinery spaces ends belt connected transverse bulkheads thick armored deck thick gun turrets armored steel plate ship bow stern armored extensively subdivided cellular intended reduce risk flooding service history named laid january launched july fitting work completed april annual fleet maneuvers held served flagship 1st vice admiral commanding joined sister protected cruiser sloop attacked defending eastern squadron conflict operations conducted following year fleet maneuvers began june assigned defending squadron ironclads protected cruiser torpedo cruiser smaller vessels half maneuvers tested ability attack defend concluded time fleet review king 21st second phase consisted joint maneuvers fleet tasked attempting force amphibious landing effected july day exercises took annual fleet maneuvers ironclads protected cruiser torpedo cruisers numerous smaller vessels maneuvers consisted close order drills simulated attack defense ship served flagship fleet maneuvers ironclad torpedo cruiser torpedo boats maneuvers lasted august september ships simulated french attack italian fleet rest year assigned 2nd fleet protected cruiser torpedo cruiser thoroughly reconstructed design created inspector ship old slow firing guns replaced new quick firing guns received new secondary battery defend ship torpedo boats battery consisted caliber guns sixteen caliber quick firing guns caliber revolver cannon machine guns main battery guns placed significantly smaller turrets armor plating lighter guns turrets reduced ship displacement long tons short tons normally long tons short tons load received new engine performance remained ship crew increased joined 2nd division ironclads armored cruiser torpedo boats remained service following year class ironclads new pre dreadnought battleship transferred cruisers sixteen torpedo boats squadron entered active service months year training maneuvers rest year spent reduced crews served training ship torpedo cruiser start italo turkish war assigned fleet ironclads saw action conflict libya transferred venice world war stationed guns removed stricken january later broken scrap
Italian ironclad Enrico Dandolo