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Ammiraglio di Saint Bon 1901

Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10082 Emanuele Filiberto: 9645
Displacement full, t	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 10531 Emanuele Filiberto: 9940
Length, m	105.0 pp 111.8 oa
Breadth, m	21.1
Draught, m	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 7.69 Emanuele Filiberto: 7.27
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 14296 Emanuele Filiberto: 13552
Max speed, kts	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 18.3 Emanuele Filiberto: 18.1
Fuel, t	coal 1000 + oil 120
Endurance, nm(kts)	3400(10) - 5500(10)
Armour, mm	Harvey; side: 250, deck: 70, CT: 250, turrets: 250, battery: 150, 120mm gunshields: 50
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)
Complement	Ammiraglio di Saint Bon: 557 Emanuele Filiberto: 565

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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.