Emanuele Filiberto 1902
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ammiraglio di Saint Bon | R. Arsenale di Venezia | 18.7.1893 | 29.4.1897 | 24.5.1901 | stricken 6.1920 | ||
| Emanuele Filiberto | R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia | 5.10.1893 | 29.9.1897 | 16.4.1902 | stricken 3.1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10082 Emanuele Filiberto: 9645 |
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Displacement full, t |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10531 Emanuele Filiberto: 9940 |
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Length, m |
105.0 pp 111.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
21.1 |
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Draught, m |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 7.69 Emanuele Filiberto: 7.27 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 14296 Emanuele Filiberto: 13552 |
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Max speed, kts |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 18.3 Emanuele Filiberto: 18.1 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1000 + oil 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3400(10) - 5500(10) |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey; side: 250, deck: 70, CT: 250, turrets: 250, battery: 150, 120mm gunshields: 50 |
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Armament |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 2 x 2 - 254/40 A, 8 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/43 N, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 4 - 450 TT (aw, beam) Emanuele Filiberto: 2 x 2 - 254 A, 8 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 76/40 A, 8 x 1 - 47/40 H, 4 - 450 TT (aw, beam) |
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Complement |
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 557 Emanuele Filiberto: 565 |
Project history: Vice-Admiral Saint Bon, then minister of the Navy, proposed a medium-sized battleship, as a more convenient type for the Italian Navy and also as a reaction to the huge and expensive battleships of the previous classes. On his death (November 1892), the temporary minister Brin and the new one, Vice-Admiral Racchia, ordered some modifications to the original project. So modified, the Saint Bons were laid down in 1893. They had a low freeboard (only 3m from the upper deck to the waterline) and heavy guns of reduced calibre (even though the model fitted was a remarkable design), and were not powerful ships; even if one considers them as a half-measure between a battleship and a cruiser, it must be admitted that the speed of 18kts was low for a cruiser.
Ship protection: Ships were protected by 250mm belt on full ship length and 70mm deck above.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Had it not been for the outbreak of the First World War, the Saint Bons would have been broken up in about 1914-15. The two vessels were commissioned before completion, Ammiraglio di Saint Bon on 1.2.1901 and Emanuele Filiberto on 6.9.1901.
Ammiraglio di Saint Bon 1901
© Ivan Gogin, 2014