Italian ironclad Formidabile
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Formidabile
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 Kingdom of Italy
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| Name: | Formidabile |
| Laid down: | December 1860 |
| Launched: | 1 October 1861 |
| Completed: | May 1862 |
| Fate: | Broken up |
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| Class and type: | Formidabile-class ironclad warship |
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| Length: | 65.8 m (215 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 14.44 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 5.45 m (17 ft 11 in) |
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| Propulsion: | One single-expansion steam engine |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Range: | 1,300 nmi (2,400 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 371 |
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| Armor: | Belt armor: 4.3 in (109 mm) |
Formidabile was the lead ship of the Formidabile-class ironclad warships, the first ships of that type to be built for the newly formed Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Formidabile and her sister, Terribile, were both built in France; Formidabile was laid down in December 1860, was launched in October 1861, and was completed in May 1862. She was a broadside ironclad, equipped with four 203 mm (8.0 in) and sixteen 164 mm (6.5 in) guns.
The ship took part in the operation off Lissa in 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence. There, she silenced the Austrian coastal batteries protecting the main port, but she was too badly damaged to take part in the ensuing Battle of Lissa. The ship's postwar career was limited due to a combination of drastically reduced naval budgets and the appearance of more modern ironclads. Formidabile was used as a training ship starting in 1887; she was discarded in 1903 and broken up for scrap.
Formidabile was 65.8 meters (215 ft 11 in) long overall; she had a beam of 14.44 m (47 ft 5 in) and an average draft of 5.45 m (17 ft 11 in). She displaced 2,682 metric tons (2,640 long tons; 2,956 short tons) normally and up to 2,807 t (2,763 long tons; 3,094 short tons) at full load. She had a crew of 371. Her propulsion system consisted of one single-expansion steam engine that drove a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by six coal-fired, rectangular boilers. Her engine produced a top speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) from 1,080 indicated horsepower (810 kW). She could steam for about 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) at her top speed. To supplement her steam engine, the ship was schooner-rigged.
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