Italian battleship Benedetto Brin
1901 Regina Margherita-class battleship
Benedetto Brin was the second and final member of the Regina Margherita class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. She was armed with a main battery of four 305 mm (12 in) guns and had a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Benedetto Brin was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron after she entered service in late 1905. In her early career, she took part in routine training exercises with the rest of the squadron. saw combat in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, including the bombardment of Tripoli in October 1911. In May 1915, Italy entered World War I; Benedetteo Brin had been reduced to a training ship by this time, and she saw no combat. She was destroyed by an internal explosion in September 1915, which killed over 450 of the ship's crew.
Design
Benedetto Brin was 138.65 meters (454 ft 11 in) long overall and had a beam of 23.84 m (78 ft 3 in) and a draft of 9 m (29 ft 6 in). She displaced 13,215 long tons (13,427 t) normally and up to 14,737 long tons (14,973 t) at full load. The ship had a flush deck and an inverted bow with a ram below the waterline.
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