Italian ironclad Principe Amedeo
Painting of Principe Amedeo from the 1880s
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 Kingdom of Italy
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| Name: | Principe Amedeo |
| Namesake: | Prince Amedeo |
| Laid down: | August 1865 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1872 |
| Completed: | 15 December 1874 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1910 |
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| Class and type: | Principe Amedeo-class ironclad warship |
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| Length: | 79.73 m (261 ft 7 in) |
| Beam: | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 7.9 m (25 ft 11 in) |
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| Propulsion: | One single-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) |
| Range: | 1,780 nmi (3,300 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 548 |
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Principe Amedeo was an ironclad warship built by the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s and 1870s. She was the lead ship of the Principe Amedeo class, alongside her sister ship Palestro. Principe Amedeo was laid down in 1865, launched in 1872, and completed in late 1874. She was armed with a battery of six 10 in (254 mm) guns and one 11 in (279 mm) gun. The last sail-rigged ironclad of the Italian fleet, she had a single steam engine that was capable of propelling the ship at a speed of slightly over 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).
Principe Amedeo's lengthy construction time rendered her obsolescent by the time she entered service. As a result, she primarily served as a station ship in Italy's overseas empire. In November 1881, she collided with the ironclad Roma in a storm in Naples. Principe Amadeo was withdrawn from service in 1888 and converted into a headquarters ship for the vessels defending Taranto. She was stricken from the naval register in 1895 and thereafter used as a depot ship until she was broken up for scrap in 1910.
Principe Amedeo was 79.73 meters (261.6 ft) long between perpendiculars; she had a beam of 17.4 m (57 ft) and an average draft of 7.9 m (26 ft). She displaced 5,761 metric tons (5,670 long tons; 6,350 short tons) normally and up to 6,020 t (5,920 long tons; 6,640 short tons) at full load. 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 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) at 6,117 indicated horsepower (4,561 kW). She could steam for 1,780 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,050 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The ship was barque-rigged to supplement the steam engine; Principe Amedeo and her sister were the last rigged ironclads to be built by Italy. She had a crew of 548 officers and men.
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