Italian battleship Benedetto Brin

	Benedetto Brin
History
Italy
Name	Benedetto Brin
Namesake	Benedetto Brin
Builder	Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down	30 January 1899
Launched	7 November 1901
Completed	1 September 1905
Fate	Destroyed by explosion 27 September 1915
General characteristics
Type	Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	Normal: 13,215 long tons (13,427 t); Full load: 14,737 long tons (14,973 t);
Length	138.65 m (454 ft 11 in)
Beam	23.84 m (78 ft 3 in)
Draft	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Installed power	28 × Belleville boilers; 20,475 ihp (15,268 kW);
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	10,000 nmi (18,520 km; 11,508 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	812/900
Armament	2 × 2 – 305 mm (12 in)/40 guns; 4 × 1 – 203 mm (8 in)/45 guns; 12 × 1 – 152 mm (6 in)/40 guns; 20 × 1 – 76 mm (3 in)/40 guns; 2 × 1 – 47 mm (1.9 in)/40 guns; 2 × 1 – 37 mm (1.5 in)/40 guns; 4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt and side: 152 mm; Deck: 79 mm (3.1 in); Turrets: 203 mm; Conning tower: 152 mm; Casemates: 152 mm;

Benedetto Brin was a Regina Margherita-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (300 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Benedetto Brin saw combat in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, including the bombardment of Tripoli in October 1911. She was destroyed by an internal explosion during World War I in September 1915, which killed over 450 of the ship's crew.

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