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	4 × 305 mm (12 in)/40 guns 4 × 203 mm (8 in)/45 guns 12 × 152 mm (6 in)/40 guns 20 × 76 mm (3 in)/40 guns 2 × 47 mm (1.9 in)/40 guns 2 × 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 the second and final member of the Regina Margherita class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina between 1899 and 1905. She was armed with a main battery of four 305 mm (12 in) guns and had a top speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).

Benedetto Brin was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron after she entered service in late 1905. In her early career, she took part in routine training exercises with the rest of the squadron. saw combat in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, including the bombardment of Tripoli in October 1911. In May 1915, Italy entered World War I; Benedetteo Brin had been reduced to a training ship by this time, and she saw no combat. She was destroyed by an internal explosion in September 1915, which killed over 450 of the ship's crew.