Italian battleship Emanuele Filiberto

Emanuele Filiberto firing her main battery
History
Italy
Name:	Emanuele Filiberto
Namesake:	Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta
Operator:	Italian Navy
Builder:	Castellammare Naval Shipyard
Laid down:	5 October 1893
Launched:	29 September 1897
Completed:	16 April 1902
Commissioned:	6 September 1901
Struck:	29 March 1920
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	9,940 long tons (10,100 t)
Length:	111.8 meters (367 ft)
Beam:	21.12 m (69.3 ft)
Draft:	7.27 m (23.9 ft)
Installed power:	13,522 ihp (10,083 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, triple expansion steam engines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Speed:	18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph)
Range:	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	565
Armament:	4 × 10 in (254 mm)/40 guns 8 × 6-inch (152 mm)/40 guns 6 × 3-inch (76 mm)/40 guns 8 × 57-millimeter (2.2 in)/43 six-pounder guns 8 × 47-millimeter (1.9 in) 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)

The Emanuele Filiberto was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) during the 1890s. Her keel was laid down in October 1893 and she was launched in September 1897; work was completed in April 1902. She had one sister ship, Ammiraglio di Saint Bon, the lead ship of the Ammiraglio di Saint Bon class. She was armed with a main battery of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns and was capable of a speed in excess of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

Emanuele Filiberto 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 assaults on Tripoli in North Africa and on the island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. She was obsolescent by World War I and was slated to be broken up in 1914–15, but the need for warships granted Emanuele Filiberto a respite. She spent the war as a harbor defense ship in Venice. She was stricken from the naval register in June 1920 and subsequently broken up for scrap.

Emanuele Filiberto was 111.8 meters (367 ft) long overall and had a beam of 21.12 m (69.3 ft) and a maximum draft of 7.27 m (23.9 ft). She displaced 9,940 long tons (10,100 t) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple expansion engines rated at 13,522 ihp (10,083 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 18.1 knots (34 km/h; 21 mph) and a range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Emanuele Filiberto had a crew of 565 officers and enlisted men.