Italian battleship Regina Elena
Regina Elena on 17 May 1907, about four months before she was commissioned.
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| Name: | Regina Elena |
| Namesake: | Elena of Montenegro (1873-1952), Queen of Italy (1900-1946) |
| Builder: | La Spezia Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 27 March 1901 |
| Launched: | 19 June 1904 |
| Completed: | 11 September 1907 |
| Struck: | 16 February 1923 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 13,807 long tons (14,029 t) |
| Length: | 144.6 m (474 ft) |
| Beam: | 22.4 m (73 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.58 m (28.1 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 742–764 |
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Regina Elena was the lead ship of her class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). The ship was built by the La Spezia shipyard between 1901 and 1907, and was armed with a main battery of two 12 in (300 mm) guns and twelve 8 in (200 mm) guns. She was quite fast for the period, with a top speed of nearly 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). Regina Elena was active in both the Italo-Turkish War with the Ottoman Empire in 1911–1912, where she participated in the Italian conquest of Cyrenaica, and World War I in 1915–1918, where she saw no action due to the threat of submarines in the narrow confines of the Adriatic Sea. She was retained for a few years after the war, but was ultimately stricken in February 1923 and broken up for scrap.
Regina Elena was 144.6 meters (474 ft) long overall and had a beam of 22.4 m (73 ft) and a maximum draft of 8.58 m (28.1 ft). She displaced 13,807 long tons (14,029 t) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two vertical 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 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) and a range of approximately 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Regina Elena had a crew of 742–764 officers and enlisted men.
As built, the ship was armed with two 12 in (300 mm) 40-caliber guns placed in two single gun turrets, one forward and one aft. The ship was also equipped with twelve 8 in (200 mm) 40-cal. guns in six twin turrets amidships. Close-range defense against torpedo boats was provided by a battery of sixteen 3 in (76 mm) 40-cal. guns. Regina Elena was also equipped with two 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes placed in the hull below the waterline. Regina Elena was protected with Krupp steel manufactured in Terni. The main belt was 9.8 in (250 mm) thick, and the deck was 1.5 in (38 mm) thick. The conning tower was protected by 10 in (250 mm) of armor plating. The main battery guns had 8 in (200 mm) thick plating, and the 8-inch gun turrets had 6 in (150 mm) thick sides.
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