.jpg) Messina's sister ship Principe di Carignano in Naples in 1867
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Messina |
| Namesake | Messina |
| Builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia |
| Laid down | 28 September 1861 |
| Launched | 20 December 1864 |
| Completed | February 1867 |
| Stricken | 1880 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Principe di Carignano-class ironclad warship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 72.8 m (238 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 15.10 m (49 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 7.27 m (23 ft 10 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 572 |
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| Armor | Belt armor: 121 mm (4.75 in) |
Messina was the second of three Principe di Carignano-class ironclads built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s. She was laid down in September 1861, her hull was launched in December 1864, and she was completed in February 1867. Messina 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 1875 and sold to ship breakers to help pay for new ironclads then under construction.