Italian battleship Roma (1907)

Roma at anchor in Constantinople (November 1918)
History
Italy
Name:	Roma
Namesake:	Rome
Builder:	La Spezia Naval Shipyard
Laid down:	20 September 1903
Launched:	21 April 1907
Completed:	17 December 1908
Struck:	3 September 1926
Fate:	Broken up for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type:	Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	13,772 long tons (13,993 t)
Length:	144.6 m (474 ft)
Beam:	22.4 m (73 ft)
Draft:	8.58 m (28.1 ft)
Installed power:	21,968 ihp (16,382 kW)
Propulsion:	2 Triple expansion steam engines
Speed:	22.15 knots (41.02 km/h; 25.49 mph)
Range:	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	742–764
Armament:	2 × 12 in (305 mm) guns 12 × 8 in (203 mm) guns 24 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 9.8 in (249 mm) Turrets: 8 in (203 mm) Decks: 1.5 in (38 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)

Roma was an Italian pre-dreadnought battleship, laid down in 1903, launched in 1907 and completed in 1908. She was the third member of the Regina Elena class, which included three other vessels: Regina Elena, Napoli, and Vittorio Emanuele. Roma 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).

Roma saw action in the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and 1912; she took part in the attack on Benghazi, and the amphibious assaults on the islands of Rhodes and the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea. Roma remained in service during World War I in 1915–18, but saw no action as a result of the cautious policies of both the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies. She remained in the Italian inventory until she was stricken from the naval register in September 1926 and was subsequently broken up for scrap.

Roma 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 13,772 long tons (13,993 t) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two vertical triple expansion engines rated at 21,968 indicated horsepower (16,382 kW). Steam for the engines was provided by twenty-eight coal-fired Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 21.39 knots (39.61 km/h; 24.62 mph) and a range of approximately 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Roma had a crew of 742–764 officers and enlisted men.