Italian battleship Napoli

Napoli
History
Italy
NameNapoli
NamesakeNaples
OperatorRegia Marina (Italian Royal Navy)
BuilderRegio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down21 October 1903
Launched10 September 1905
Completed1 September 1908
Stricken3 September 1926
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeRegina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement13,774 long tons (13,995 t)
Length144.6 m (474 ft)
Beam22.4 m (73 ft)
Draft8.58 m (28.1 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed21.39 knots (39.61 km/h; 24.62 mph)
Range10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement742–764
Armament
Armor

Napoli was a Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1903–08. She was the last member of the four-ship class, which included the lead ship Regina Elena, Vittorio Emanuele, and Roma. Napoli was armed with a main battery of two 305 mm (12 in) and twelve 203 mm (8 in) guns, and was capable of a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph).

Napoli saw action in the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and 1912; she took part in the attack on Derna, Libya, and the amphibious assaults on the islands of Rhodes and the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea. Napoli remained in service during World War I in 1915–1918, but saw no action as a result of the cautious policies of both the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies. She remained in the Italian inventory until she was stricken from the naval register in August 1926 and was subsequently broken up for scrap.