Italian battleship Dante Alighieri

Italian battleship Dante Alighieri

The "Dante Alighieri" was the first dreadnought built for the Regia Marina (Italian pre-1946 navy). Named after the poet Dante Alighieri, she was the first ship built with triple gun turrets for the main armament. She was built by Castellammare RN yard, laid down on 6 June 1909, and launched on 20 August 1910, being completed for 15 January 1913.

"Dante Alighieri" survived World War I and was decommissioned on 1 July 1928 to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty and scrapped.

References

* "Conway's all the world's Fighting Ships 1906-1921"
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/italy/battleships/dantealighieri/dantealighieri.html page from Warships on the web]
* [http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100814 page in Russian Language]


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