Italian battleship Ammiraglio di Saint Bon

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon underway
History
Italy
Name:	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon
Namesake:	Simone Antonio Saint-Bon (1828-1892), Italian admiral, politician, and Minister of the Navy
Operator:	Italian Navy
Builder:	Venice Naval Shipyard
Laid down:	18 July 1893
Launched:	29 April 1897
Completed:	24 May 1901
Commissioned:	1 February 1901
Struck:	18 June 1920
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	10,531 long tons (10,700 t)
Length:	111.8 meters (367 ft)
Beam:	21.12 m (69.3 ft)
Draft:	7.69 m (25.2 ft)
Installed power:	14,296 ihp (10,661 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Speed:	18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph)
Range:	3,400–5,500 nautical miles (6,297–10,186 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	557
Armament:	4 × 10-inch (254 mm)/40 guns 8 × 6-inch (152 mm)/40 guns 8 × 4.7-inch (119 mm)/40 guns 8 × 57-millimeter (2.2 in)/43 six-pounder guns 2 × 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/20 guns 4 × 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 9.8 in (249 mm) Deck: 2.75 in (69.9 mm) Turrets: 9.8 in (249 mm) Conning tower: 9.8 in (249 mm) Casemates: 5.9 in (150 mm)

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) built during the 1890s. She was laid down in July 1893, launched in April 1897, and completed in May 1901. She was the lead ship of her class, and had one sister ship, Emanuele Filiberto. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon served in the active squadron of the Italian navy for the first several years of her career. She was assigned to the 3rd Division during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912. During the war, she was involved in the seizure of the island of Rhodes, where she provided gunfire support to Italian infantry. The ship was obsolescent by World War I and was slated to be broken up in 1914–15, but the need for warships granted Ammiraglio di Saint Bon a respite. She spent the war as a harbor defense ship in Venice and, after April 1916, was used primarily as a floating anti-aircraft battery. She was stricken from the naval register in June 1920 and subsequently broken up for scrap.

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon was 111.8 meters (367 ft) long overall, and had a beam of 21.12 m (69.3 ft) and a maximum draft of 7.69 m (25.2 ft). She displaced 10,531 long tons (10,700 t) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple expansion engines rated at 14,296 indicated horsepower (10,661 kW). Steam for the engines was provided by twelve coal-fired cylindrical water-tube boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 18.3 knots (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph) and a range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Ammiraglio di Saint Bon had a crew of 557 officers and enlisted men.

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