Italian battleship Benedetto Brin

Benedetto Brin
Benedetto Brin
History
Italy
NameBenedetto Brin
NamesakeBenedetto Brin
BuilderRegio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down30 January 1899
Launched7 November 1901
Completed1 September 1905
FateDestroyed by explosion 27 September 1915
General characteristics
TypeRegina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement
Length138.65 m (454 ft 11 in)
Beam23.84 m (78 ft 3 in)
Draft9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range10,000 nmi (18,520 km; 11,508 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement812/900
Armament
Armor

Benedetto Brin was a Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (300 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Benedetto Brin saw combat in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, including the bombardment of Tripoli in October 1911. She was destroyed by an internal explosion during World War I in September 1915, which killed over 450 of the ship's crew.