.jpg) Principe di Carignano in Naples in 1867
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Principe di Carignano |
| Namesake | Prince of Carignano |
| Laid down | January 1861 |
| Launched | 15 September 1863 |
| Completed | 11 June 1865 |
| Stricken | 1875 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Principe di Carignano-class ironclad warship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 72.98 m (239 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 15.10 m (49 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 7.18 m (23 ft 7 in) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.4 knots (19.3 km/h; 12.0 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) |
Principe di Carignano was the lead ship of the Principe di Carignano class of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s. She was the first ironclad built in Italy; her keel was laid January 1861, her hull was launched in September 1863, and she was completed in June 1865. Principe di Carignano was a broadside ironclad armed with a battery of ten 203 mm (8 in) guns and twelve 164 mm (6.5 in) guns.
Principe di Carignano saw action during the Battle of Lissa in 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence. There, she led the Italian line, the flagship of Admiral Giovanni Vacca; the leading squadron of the Italian fleet became separated from the rest of the fleet and was not heavily engaged. Her career was limited after the war, owing to the emergence of more modern ironclads and a severe reduction in the Italian naval budget following their defeat at Lissa. The ship was stricken from the naval register in 1875 and broken up for scrap to free up funds needed for new ironclads under construction.