.jpg) Regina Maria Pia c. 1870
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Regina Maria Pia |
| Namesake | Maria Pia of Savoy |
| Laid down | 22 July 1862 |
| Launched | 28 April 1863 |
| Completed | 17 April 1864 |
| Stricken | 1904 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Regina Maria Pia-class ironclad warship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 81.2 m (266 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 15.24 m (50 ft) |
| Draft | 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed | 12.96 knots (24.00 km/h; 14.91 mph) |
| Range | 2,600 nmi (4,800 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 480–485 |
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Regina Maria Pia was the lead ship of the Regina Maria Pia class of ironclad warships built in French shipyards for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s. She and her three sister ships were broadside ironclads, mounting a battery of four 203 mm (8 in) and twenty-two 164 mm (6.5 in) guns on the broadside. Regina Maria Pia was laid down in July 1862, was launched in April 1863, and was completed in April 1864.
Regina Maria Pia took part in the Battle of Lissa during the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. She attacked the unarmored frigates in the Austrian second division, and damaged two vessels. 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. She was rebuilt as a central battery ship some time after Lissa, and was modernized again in the late 1880s. Regina Maria Pia was eventually broken up for scrap in 1904.