Italian battleship Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri on 29 March 1914
Class overview
Operators	Regia Marina
Preceded by	Regina Elena class
Succeeded by	Conte di Cavour class
Built	1909–1913
In commission	1913–1928
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
Italy
Name	Dante Alighieri
Namesake	Dante Alighieri
Builder	Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down	6 June 1909
Launched	20 August 1910
Completed	15 January 1913
Stricken	1 July 1928
Fate	Scrapped, 1928
General characteristics
Type	Dreadnought battleship
Displacement	19,552 long tons (19,866 t) (normal)
Length	168.1 m (551 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam	26.6 m (87 ft 3 in)
Draught	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Installed power	23 × water-tube boilers 32,190 shp (24,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	981 officers and enlisted men
Armament	4 × triple 305 mm (12 in) guns 12 × single, 4 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 13 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 254 mm (10 in) Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in) Gun turrets: 254 mm (10 in)

Dante Alighieri was the first dreadnought battleship built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) and was completed in 1913. The ship served as a flagship during World War I, but saw very little action other than the Second Battle of Durazzo in 1918 during which she did not engage enemy forces. She never fired her guns in anger during her career. Dante Alighieri was refitted in 1923, stricken from the Navy List five years later and subsequently sold for scrap.