Principe Amedeo-class ironclad
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The Principe Amedeo class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1870s and 1880s. They were the culmination of a major naval construction program designed to give Italy a powerful fleet of ironclads. The two ships, Principe Amedeo and Palestro, were the last Italian ironclads to feature sailing rigs and wooden hulls. They were armed with a battery of six 254 mm (10 in) guns and were capable of a speed in excess of 12 knots. The ships had uneventful careers, spending much of it in Italy's colonial empire. By the late 1880s, they were withdrawn from service and employed in secondary roles, first as headquarters ships for harbor defenses. Principe Amedeo was converted into a depot ship in 1895 and was discarded in 1910, while Palestro was used as a training ship from 1894 to 1900 before being scrapped between 1902 and 1904.
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Erika, Faroleiro Mário Seixas, HMS Bathurst, La Galissonnière-class ironclad, Laine, Palestro, Principe Amedeo,
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1872 Principe Amedeo-class ironclad
Austrian and Italian representative ships at anchor in Suda Bay, Crete| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| object | watercraft | Palestro | Principe Amedeo-class ironclad, ironclad warship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | Principe Amedeo | Principe Amedeo-class ironclad, ironclad warship | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Austrian and Italian representative ships at anchor in Suda Bay, Crete | Commons | ||
