Italian ironclad Venezia
Venezia at anchor in 1876
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 Kingdom of Italy
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| Name: | Venezia |
| Namesake: | Venice |
| Laid down: | February 1863 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1869 |
| Completed: | 1 April 1873 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1896–96 |
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| Class and type: | Roma-class ironclad warship |
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| Length: | 79.65 m (261 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 17.48 m (57 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) |
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| Propulsion: | One single-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range: | 1,940 nmi (3,590 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 549–551 |
| Armament: | 18 × 10 in (254 mm) guns |
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Venezia was the second of two Roma-class ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s. She was armed with a main battery of eighteen 10-inch (250 mm) guns in a central armored casemate. Her lengthy construction time, a result of her re-design from a broadside ironclad, quickly rendered her obsolescent compared to the new turret ships that began to enter service in the 1880s. As a result, her career was limited. She became a training ship in 1881 and served until 1895. Venezia was broken up for scrap the next year.
Venezia was 79.65 meters (261.3 ft) long between perpendiculars; she had a beam of 17.48 m (57.3 ft) and an average draft of 7.6 m (25 ft). She displaced 5,722 metric tons (5,632 long tons; 6,307 short tons) normally and up to 6,151 t (6,054 long tons; 6,780 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 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) from 3,670 indicated horsepower (2,740 kW). She could steam for 1,940 nautical miles (3,590 km; 2,230 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The ship was barque-rigged to supplement the steam engine. She had a crew of 549–551 officers and men.
Venezia was designed as a broadside ironclad, but other navies had developed the central battery ship while she was under construction, prompting the Italian Navy to re-design the ship. She was armed with a main battery of eighteen 10 in (254 mm) guns placed in a central casemate. The central battery design allowed two guns to fire ahead and two to fire astern. The ship was protected by iron belt armor that was 5.9 in (150 mm) thick and extended for the entire length of the hull at the waterline. The casemate was protected with 4.75 in (121 mm) of iron plating.
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