Regina Elena was the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina. The ship was built by the La Spezia shipyard between 1901 and 1907, and was armed with a
Regina Elena on 17 May 1907, about four months before she was commissioned.
A line drawing of the Regina Elena-class battleships from the 1912 edition of Brassey's Naval Annual
Regina Elena at Taranto in May 1915.
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The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating
Italian battleship Regina Elena
…Cuniberti, then the Chief Engineer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). The Navy specified a vessel that would be more powerful than contemporary armored cruisers and faster than foreign pre-dreadnought battleships on a displacement of no more than 13,000 long tons (13,210 t). The first two vessels—Regina Elena…
The Russian armored cruiser Rurik.
Russian armored cruiser General-Admiral.
French armored cruiser Dupuy de Lôme
HMS Orlando