2/24/2024 0 Comments World of warships legends alabamaWith the Regia Marina’s permission, however, he was able to publish an article about it in Jane’s Fighting Ships of 1903, advocating it as the ideal type of battleship for the British Royal Navy.Īlthough the Regia Marina had rejected their first opportunity to enter, and in fact lead, the dreadnought race in 1903, by the latter half of the decade there was a much greater need for an increase in the strength of the fleet, due to increase in strength of the Austro-Hungarian K.u.k. Though proposed to the Regia Marina, it was rejected on fiscal grounds. The concept of the ‘all big-gun battleship’ in Italy dated back to the early 1890s, mostly thanks to the work of the naval architect Vittorio Cuniberti, culminating in the 1903 ‘Colossus’ design, a 17,000-ton, 24-knots, twelve 12”-gunned battleship. Though not Italy’s first dreadnought design, Dante Alighieri was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Regia Marina. Torpedoes Three (3x1) 450mm torpedo tubesĬomplement 970 (40 officers and 930 sailors) History Design Thirteen (13x1) Armstrong Pattern ZZI 76mm/50 Modello 1909A ![]() Secondary Twenty (4x2 + 12x1) Armstrong Pattern EE 120mm/50 Modello 1909A Performance 22.8 knots at 32,190 shaft horsepowerĪrmament Main Twelve (4x3) Armstrong Pattern T 305mm/46 Modello 1909A Machinery Twenty-Three (23) Blechynden boilers ![]() Specifications 19,552 tons displacement, normal Dante Alighieri, 1913 Construction Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
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