Italian battleship Napoli

Napoli
History
Italy
Name	Napoli
Namesake	Naples
Operator	Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy)
Builder	Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down	21 October 1903
Launched	10 September 1905
Completed	1 September 1908
Stricken	3 September 1926
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	13,774 long tons (13,995 t)
Length	144.6 m (474 ft)
Beam	22.4 m (73 ft)
Draft	8.58 m (28.1 ft)
Installed power	28 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 19,618 ihp (14,629 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	21.39 knots (39.61 km/h; 24.62 mph)
Range	10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	742–764
Armament	2 × 305 mm (12 in)/40 guns 12 × 203 mm (8 in)/45 guns 24 × 76 mm (3 in)/40 guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 250 mm (9.8 in) Turrets: 203 mm (8 in) Decks: 38 mm (1.5 in) Conning tower: 254 mm (10 in)

Napoli was a Regina Elena-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1903–08. She was the last member of the four-ship class, which included the lead ship Regina Elena, Vittorio Emanuele, and Roma. Napoli was armed with a main battery of two 305 mm (12 in) and twelve 203 mm (8 in) guns, and was capable of a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph).

Napoli saw action in the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and 1912; she took part in the attack on Derna, Libya, and the amphibious assaults on the islands of Rhodes and the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea. Napoli remained in service during World War I in 1915–1918, but saw no action as a result of the cautious policies of both the Italian and Austro-Hungarian navies. She remained in the Italian inventory until she was stricken from the naval register in August 1926 and was subsequently broken up for scrap.