italian ironclad ironclad battleship built 1880s 1890s italian regia marina royal_navy ship named 17th century second ships class armed main battery inch guns protected inch thick belt armor capable speed knots mph ship construction period lengthy beginning august completing february quickly rendered new pre dreadnought battleships laid result career limited spent career alternating took training exercises year rest fleet ship stricken naval register august following month expended target ship experiments torpedoes design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons normally long tons load propulsion system consisted pair compound steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired oval boilers engines produced speed knots mph indicated horsepower steam nautical miles speed knots mph crew officers men armed main battery caliber guns mounted pairs central barbette carried secondary battery guns bow stern guns customary capital ships period carried torpedo tubes submerged hull protected steel armor armored belt thick armored deck thick conning tower armored steel plate barbette thick sides service history construction nearly years laid venetian arsenal december launched july completed years construction finally finished august rapid pace naval technological development late 19th century lengthy construction period meant obsolete design time entered service year entered service british began building class ships marked significant advance previous types capital ships set standard future vessels known pre dreadnought battleships addition technological progress particularly armor production techniques harvey armor krupp armor rapidly rendered older vessels like obsolete took annual fleet maneuvers 2nd protected cruiser torpedo cruiser tripoli torpedo boats remained 2nd division following year included protected cruiser torpedo cruisers squadron based time following year cruised crete flagship 2nd division rear admiral year summer maneuvers held july continued flagship included sister protected cruiser 1st 2nd divisions tasked defending hostile fleet simulated older ships reserve transferred ironclad cruisers following year sisters returned kept service months year remainder spent reduced crews squadron included ironclads sisters significantly modified received large number small guns defense torpedo boats included pair guns caliber guns guns revolver cannon machine guns sisters joined reserve squadron class ironclads cruisers sixteen torpedo boats squadron entered active service months year training maneuvers rest year spent reduced crews decided sister formally stricken naval register august target ship torpedo experiment september sunk experiment conducted test effect torpedo hit order develop effective hull design explosion tore square meter hole hull causing list severely sink wreck later scrapped
Italian ironclad Francesco Morosini