Italian battleship Andrea Doria (1885)

Andrea Doria on 18 April 1899.
History
Italy
Name:	Andrea Doria
Namesake:	Andrea Doria
Operator:	Regia Marina
Builder:	La Spezia Navy Yard
Laid down:	7 January 1882
Launched:	21 November 1885
Completed:	16 May 1891
Struck:	25 May 1911
Fate:	Scrapped 1929
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad battleship
Displacement:	9,886 t (9,730 long tons) normal 11,027 t (10,853 long tons) full load
Length:	105.9 m (347.4 ft) length overall
Beam:	19.84 m (65.1 ft)
Draft:	8.32 m (27.3 ft)
Installed power:	10,500 ihp (7,800 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2-shafts, 2 compound steam engines
Speed:	16.1 knots (29.8 km/h; 18.5 mph)
Endurance:	2,800 nmi (5,186 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	507–509
Armament:	4 × 17-inch (432 mm)/27 guns (2x2) 2 × 6-inch (152 mm)/32 guns 4 × 14-inch (356 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 17.75 in (451 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm) Barbettes: 14.2 in (361 mm) Conning tower: 9.8 in (249 mm)

Andrea Doria was an ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s and 1890s. Named for the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, she was the third and final ship of the Ruggiero di Lauria class. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 17-inch (432 mm) guns, was protected with 17.75-inch (451 mm) thick belt armor, and was capable of a top speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).

The ship's construction period was very lengthy, beginning in August 1881 and completing in February 1888. She was quickly rendered obsolescent by the new pre-dreadnought battleships being laid down, and as a result, her career was limited. She spent her career alternating between the Active and Reserve Squadrons, where she took part in training exercises each year with the rest of the fleet. Andrea Doria was stricken from the naval register in 1911 and used as a depot ship until Italy entered World War I in 1915. The ship was renamed GR 104 and employed as a guard ship in Brindisi. She was converted into a floating oil tank after the war and was eventually broken up for scrap in 1929.

Andrea Doria was 105.9 meters (347 ft) long overall and had a beam of 19.84 m (65.1 ft) and an average draft of 8.29 m (27.2 ft). She displaced 9,886 metric tons (9,730 long tons) normally and up to 11,027 t (10,853 long tons) at full load. Her propulsion system consisted of a pair of compound steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by eight coal-fired, cylindrical fire-tube boilers. Her engines produced a top speed of 16.1 knots (29.8 km/h; 18.5 mph) at 10,500 indicated horsepower (7,800 kW). She could steam for 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She had a crew of 507–509 officers and men.