Italian ironclad Conte Verde
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Conte Verde's sister ship Principe di Carignano in Naples in 1867
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 Kingdom of Italy
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| Name: | Conte Verde |
| Namesake: | Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy |
| Laid down: | 2 March 1863 |
| Launched: | 29 July 1867 |
| Completed: | December 1871 |
| Fate: | Broken up |
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| Class and type: | Principe di Carignano-class ironclad warship |
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| Length: | 73.7 m (241 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
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| Propulsion: | One single-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph) |
| Range: | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 572 |
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Conte Verde was the third of three Principe di Carignano-class ironclads built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), though she differed in several respects from her sisters. Unlike the other two members of her class, she did not receive complete iron armor, instead relying on partial plating at her bow and stern. She was laid down in February 1863, she was launched in July 1867, and she was completed in December 1871. Conte Verde was a broadside ironclad armed with a battery of four 8-inch (200 mm) guns and eighteen 164-millimeter (6.5 in) guns. Her career was limited, owing to the emergence of more modern ironclads and a severe reduction in the Italian naval budget following their defeat at the Battle of Lissa in 1866. She was discarded in 1880 and sold to ship breakers to help pay for new ironclads then under construction.
Conte Verde was 73.7 meters (242 ft) long between perpendiculars; she had a beam of 15.3 m (50 ft) and an average draft of 6.5 m (21 ft). She displaced 3,514 metric tons (3,459 long tons; 3,874 short tons) normally and up to 3,866 t (3,805 long tons; 4,262 short tons) at full load. She had a crew of 572. Her propulsion system consisted of one single-expansion steam engine that drove a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by six coal-fired, cylindrical fire-tube boilers. Her engine produced a top speed of 10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph) from 1,968 indicated horsepower (1,468 kW), making her the fastest member of her class. She could steam for about 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). To supplement her steam engine, the ship was barque-rigged.
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