Italian battleship Benedetto Brin
Benedetto Brin
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| Name: | Benedetto Brin |
| Namesake: | Benedetto Brin |
| Builder: | Castellammare Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 30 January 1899 |
| Launched: | 7 November 1901 |
| Completed: | 1 September 1905 |
| Fate: | Destroyed by explosion 27 September 1915 |
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| Type: | Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
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| Length: | 138.65 m (454 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 23.84 m (78 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power: | 20,475 ihp (15,268 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 28 boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi (18,520 km; 11,508 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 812/900 |
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Benedetto Brin was a Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (300 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Benedetto Brin saw combat in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, including the bombardment of Tripoli in October 1911. She was destroyed by an internal explosion during World War I in September 1915, which killed over 450 of the ship's crew.
Benedetto Brin was 138.65 meters (455 ft) long overall and had a beam of 23.84 m (78 ft) and a draft of 9 m (30 ft). She displaced 14,737 metric tons (14,504 long tons; 16,245 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple expansion engines. Steam for the engines was provided by twenty-eight coal-fired Belleville boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) and a range of approximately 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Benedetto Brin had a crew of 812 officers and enlisted men.
As built, the ship was armed with four 12 in (305 mm) 40-caliber guns placed in two twin gun turrets, one forward and one aft. The ship was also equipped with four 8 in (203 mm) 40-cal. guns in casemates in the superstructure, and twelve 6 in (152 mm) 40-cal. guns, also in casemates in the side of the hull. Close-range defense against torpedo boats was provided by a battery of twenty 3 in (76 mm) 40-cal. guns. The ship also carried a pair of 47 mm (1.9 in) guns, two 37 mm (1.5 in) guns, and two 10 mm (0.4 in) Maxim guns. Benedetto Brin was also equipped with four 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes placed in the hull below the waterline. The ship was protected with Harvey steel manufactured in Terni. The main belt was 6 in (152 mm) thick, and the deck was 3.1 in (79 mm) thick. The conning tower and the casemate guns were also protected by 6 in of armor plating. The main battery guns had stronger armor protection, at 8 in (203 mm) thick.
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