Italian ironclad Conte Verde

Conte Verde's sister ship Principe di Carignano in Naples in 1867
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Conte Verde
Namesake	Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy
Builder	San Rocco, Livorno[1]
Laid down	2 March 1863
Launched	29 July 1867
Completed	December 1871
Stricken	1880
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Principe di Carignano-class ironclad warship
Displacement	Normal: 3,514 long tons (3,570 t) Full load: 3,866 long tons (3,928 t)
Length	73.7 m (241 ft 10 in)
Beam	15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Draft	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Installed power	6 × fire-tube boilers 1,968 ihp (1,468 kW)
Propulsion	1 × marine steam engine 1 × screw propeller
Speed	10.2 knots (18.9 km/h; 11.7 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	572
Armament	4 × 203 mm (8 in) guns 18 × 164 mm (6 in) guns

Conte Verde was the third of three Principe di Carignano-class ironclads built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), though she differed in several respects from her sisters. Unlike the other two members of her class, she did not receive complete iron armor, instead relying on partial plating at her bow and stern. She was laid down in February 1863, she was launched in July 1867, and she was completed in December 1871. Conte Verde was a broadside ironclad armed with a battery of four 203 mm (8 in) guns and eighteen 164 mm (6.5 in) guns. Her career was limited, owing to the emergence of more modern ironclads and a severe reduction in the Italian naval budget following their defeat at the Battle of Lissa in 1866. She was discarded in 1880 and sold to ship breakers to help pay for new ironclads then under construction.