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AMMIRAGLIO DI SAINT BON battleships (1901 - 1902)


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Ammiraglio di Saint Bon 1901

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon     R. Arsenale di Venezia 18.7.1893 29.4.1897 24.5.1901 stricken 6.1920
Emanuele Filiberto     R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia 5.10.1893 29.9.1897 16.4.1902 stricken 3.1920


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10082

Emanuele Filiberto: 9645

Displacement full, t

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10531

Emanuele Filiberto: 9940

Length, m

105.0 pp 111.8 oa

Breadth, m

21.1

Draught, m

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 7.69

Emanuele Filiberto: 7.27

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 14296

Emanuele Filiberto: 13552

Max speed, kts

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 18.3

Emanuele Filiberto: 18.1

Fuel, t

coal 1000 + oil 120

Endurance, nm(kts)3400(10) - 5500(10)
Armour, mm

Harvey; side: 250, deck: 70, CT: 250, turrets: 250, battery: 150, 120mm gunshields: 50

Armament

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 2 x 2 - 254/40 A, 8 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/43 N, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 4 - 450 TT (aw, beam)

Emanuele Filiberto: 2 x 2 - 254 A, 8 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 76/40 A, 8 x 1 - 47/40 H, 4 - 450 TT (aw, beam)

Complement

Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 557

Emanuele Filiberto: 565



Standard scale images


<i>Emanuele Filiberto </i>1902
Emanuele Filiberto 1902


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<i>Ammiraglio di Saint Bon </i>1901
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon 1901


Project history

Vice-Admiral Saint Bon, then minister of the Navy, proposed a medium-sized battleship, as a more convenient type for the Italian Navy and also as a reaction to the huge and expensive battleships of the previous classes. On his death (November 1892), the temporary minister Brin and the new one, Vice-Admiral Racchia, ordered some modifications to the original project. So modified, the Saint Bons were laid down in 1893. They had a low freeboard (only 3m from the upper deck to the waterline) and heavy guns of reduced calibre (even though the model fitted was a remarkable design), and were not powerful ships; even if one considers them as a half-measure between a battleship and a cruiser, it must be admitted that the speed of 18kts was low for a cruiser.

Ship protection

Ships were protected by 250mm belt on full ship length and 70mm deck above.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Had it not been for the outbreak of the First World War, the Saint Bons would have been broken up in about 1914-15. The two vessels were commissioned before completion, Ammiraglio di Saint Bon on 1.2.1901 and Emanuele Filiberto on 6.9.1901.