Italian Battleship Leonardo Da Vinci
The third of the Conte di Cavour-class battleships, Leonardo da Vinci was launched on14 October 1911 and commissioned into the Italian Regia Marina on 17 May 1914. She saw no action during the First World War and was sunk by internal explosion on 2 August 1916. Italy blamed the loss on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs although the loss may have been accidental.
The wreck was refloated and righted, but plans to refurbish her were cancelled due to budgetary constraints. The hulk was sold for scrap in 1923.
| Displacement | 23,088 long tons (23,458 t) (standard) 25,086 long tons (25,489 t) (deep load) |
| Length | 176 m (577 ft 5 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 20 × water-tube boilers 31,000 shp (23,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 3 × steam turbine sets |
| Speed | 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) |
| Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 31 officers and 969 enlisted men |
| Armament | 3 × triple, 2 × twin 305 mm (12 in) guns 18 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 14 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor | Waterline belt: 80–250 mm (3.1–9.8 in) Deck: 24–40 mm (0.94–1.57 in) Gun turrets: 240–280 mm (9.4–11.0 in) Barbettes: 130–230 mm (5.1–9.1 in) Conning tower: 280 mm (11 in) |
Leonardo Da Vinci Being Refloated
