Italian Armored Warships
1860 - 1915

  RN Affondatore:
Ironclad Turret Ram (1866)

  RN Caio Duilio (1873/1880):
Getting Even (or Perhaps
Over-Compensating?)

  RN Italia and Lepanto:
World's Biggest Battleships (1885)

  Ruggiero di Lauria Class:
3 Improved Duilios (1888)

  Re Umberto Class:
3 Barbette Battleships (1893)

  Garibaldi Class: Armored Cruiser
Export Model (1894-1905)

  Emanuele Filiberto Class:
III Class Battleships (1897)

  Regina Margherita Class:
2 Tragic Triple Stackers (1904)

  Regina Elena Class:
4 Radical Fast Battleships (1907)

  Pisa & San Mateo Classes
Later Armored Cruisers

  RN Dante Alighieri:
First Italian Dreadnought (1912)

  Giulio Cesare Class:
3 Full-on Dreadnoughts (1914)

  Andrea Doria Class:
Italy's Final Pair of
WWI Dreadnoughts (1915)

  Italian Dreadnoughts in WWII:
Fab Photo Feature

  Scope Out the Competition:
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
Italy's Hereditary Enemy

  Italy's Western Rival:
The Marine Nationale Français

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