Italian ironclad Andrea Doria

	Andrea Doria on 18 April 1899.
History
Italy
Name	Andrea Doria
Namesake	Andrea Doria
Operator	Regia Marina
Builder	Arsenale di La Spezia
Laid down	7 January 1882
Launched	21 November 1885
Completed	16 May 1891
Stricken	25 May 1911
Fate	Scrapped 1929
General characteristics
Class and type	Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad battleship
Displacement	Normal: 9,886 long tons (10,045 t); Full load: 11,027 long tons (11,204 t);
Length	105.9 m (347 ft 5 in) length overall
Beam	19.84 m (65 ft 1 in)
Draft	8.32 m (27 ft 4 in)
Installed power	8 × fire-tube boilers; 10,591 ihp (7,898 kW);
Propulsion	2 × marine steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
Speed	16.1 knots (29.8 km/h; 18.5 mph)
Endurance	2,800 nmi (5,186 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	507–509
Armament	4 × 432 mm (17 in)/27 guns; 2 × 152 mm (6 in) guns; 4 × 120 mm (5 in) guns; 4 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 451 mm (17.75 in); Deck: 76 mm (3 in); Barbettes: 361 mm (14.2 in); Conning tower: 249 mm (9.8 in);

Andrea Doria was an ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s and 1890s. Named for the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, she was the third and final ship of the Ruggiero di Lauria class. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns, was protected with 451 mm (17.75 in) thick belt armor, and was capable of a top speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph).

The ship's construction period was very lengthy, beginning in August 1881 and completing in February 1888. She was quickly rendered obsolescent by the new pre-dreadnought battleships being laid down, and as a result, her career was limited. She spent her career alternating between the Active and Reserve Squadrons, where she took part in training exercises each year with the rest of the fleet. Andrea Doria was stricken from the naval register in 1911 and used as a depot ship until Italy entered World War I in 1915. The ship was renamed GR 104 and employed as a guard ship in Brindisi. She was converted into a floating oil tank after the war and was eventually broken up for scrap in 1929.

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