Italian battleship Vittorio Emanuele
Vittorio Emanuele during World War I
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| Name: | Vittorio Emanuele |
| Namesake: | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
| Operator: | Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) |
| Builder: | Castellammare Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 18 September 1901 |
| Launched: | 12 October 1904 |
| Completed: | 1 August 1908 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1923 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement: | 13,914 long tons (14,137 t) |
| Length: | 144.6 m (474 ft) |
| Beam: | 22.4 m (73 ft) |
| Draft: | 8.58 m (28.1 ft) |
| Installed power: | 19,424 ihp (14,484 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 21.36 knots (39.56 km/h; 24.58 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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Vittorio Emanuele was an Italian pre-dreadnought battleship, laid down in 1901, launched in 1904 and completed in 1908. She was the second member of the Regina Elena class, which included three other vessels: Regina Elena, Napoli, and Roma. Vittorio Emmanuele 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).
Vittorio Emmaneule saw action in the Italo-Turkish War as the flagship of the 1st Division. During the war, she participated in operations in Cyrenaica and the eastern Mediterranean Sea, including the seizure of the islands of Rhodes and the Dodecanese. She served during the First World War, but saw no combat during the war due to the hesitance of both the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies to risk their capital ships in pitched battle. She remained in service as a training ship until 1923, when she was stricken from the naval register and broken up for scrap.
Vittorio Emanuele 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 13,914 metric tons (13,694 long tons; 15,338 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two vertical triple expansion engines rated at 19,424 indicated horsepower (14,484 kW). Steam for the engines was provided by twenty-eight coal-fired Belleville boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 21.36 knots (39.56 km/h; 24.58 mph) and a range of approximately 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 km; 11,508 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Vittorio Emanuele had a crew of 742–764 officers and enlisted men.
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