 Dante Alighieri on 29 March 1914
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  Regia Marina |
| Preceded by | Regina Elena class |
| Succeeded by | Conte di Cavour class |
| Built | 1909–1913 |
| In commission | 1913–1928 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
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| Name | Dante Alighieri |
| Namesake | Dante Alighieri |
| Builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia |
| Laid down | 6 June 1909 |
| Launched | 20 August 1910 |
| Completed | 15 January 1913 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1928 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 19,552 long tons (19,866 t) (normal) |
| Length | 168.1 m (551 ft 6 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 26.6 m (87 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 981 officers and enlisted men |
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Dante Alighieri was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) and was completed in 1913. The ship served as a flagship during World War I, but saw very little action other than the Second Battle of Durazzo in 1918 during which she did not engage enemy forces. She never fired her guns in anger during her career. Dante Alighieri was refitted in 1923, stricken from the Navy List five years later and subsequently sold for scrap.