Légende
Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). ""Lepanto"". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the ""Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando"" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy). Lepanto was under construction for nearly eleven years. It was laid down on 4 November 1876, but its construction still took almost six and a half years to complete, being launched on 17 March 1883, two and a half years after its twin ""Italia"". Lepanto was not finally completed until four and a half years later, being completed on 16 August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. It had capacity to transport a full infantry division. The illustration shows Lepanto with six funnels, although in reality it always had four. Probably it is due to a confusion of the author, inspired by original plans of the battleships of the Italia class. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 15 February 1883.
Date
1883
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Notre référence
UMG25A35_084
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
42,4Mo (6,0Mo) / 40,0cm x 26,6cm / 4724 x 3137 (300dpi)