Caio Duilio-class ironclad

Caio Duilio-class ironclad
Class overview
Name:	Caio Duilio-class ironclad
Operators:	Regia Marina
Preceded by:	Principe Amedeo class
Succeeded by:	Italia class
Built:	1873–82
In service:	1880–1920
Completed:	2
Scrapped:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ironclad
Displacement:	11,138 long tons (11,317 t) 12,267 long tons (12,464 t) full
Length:	109.2 m (358 ft 3 in)
Beam:	19.79 m (64 ft 11 in)
Draught:	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	7,710 ihp (5,749 kW) 8 coal-fired boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, two double-expansion steam engines
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at
Range:	3,760 nmi (6,960 km) at
Complement:	420
Armament:	2 × 2 RML 450-mm muzzle-loading guns 3 × 120 mm (4.7 in) 2 × 75 mm (3 in) 8 × 57 mm (2.2 in) 22 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 3 × torpedo tubes
Armour:	Waterline belt: 550 mm (22 in) Turrets: 450 mm (18 in) Citadel: 400 mm (16 in)

The Caio Duilio class was a class of ironclads built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1870s. A revolutionary design fitted with the largest guns available, 100-ton 450 mm calibre muzzle-loading guns, they were regarded as the most powerful warships afloat in their day.

ships

• Caio Duilio
• Enrico Dandolo