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1303:battleships
1259:battleships
1256:Dreadnought
987:Engineering
633:World War I
273:11 officers
80:Preceded by
1534:Destroyers
1482:Nino Bixio
1387:Marco Polo
1367:Re Umberto
1189:Nino Bixio
1062:Nino Bixio
1046:Basilicata
857:References
848:Fraccaroli
821:Fraccaroli
797:Fitzsimons
785:Fraccaroli
738:Suez Canal
726:Basilicata
703:Basilicata
663:Laid down
646:war prizes
614:Basilicata
552:forecastle
535:Basilicata
514:Basilicata
404:Basilicata
376:Basilicata
268:Complement
231:Propulsion
85:Nino Bixio
1786:Cancelled
1659:Pellicano
1611:Mirabello
1516:Partenope
666:Launched
556:broadside
492:amidships
463:displaced
176:Full load
166:long tons
117:Completed
112:1917–1937
104:1913–1917
60:Operators
1800:Category
1735:Gunboats
1708:Monitors
1692:Gabbiano
1569:Indomito
1489:Campania
1461:Calabria
1449:Piemonte
1197:Campania
1168:Calabria
1156:Piemonte
1039:Campania
1025:Campania
950:Campania
836:Marshall
809:Friedman
743:Campania
676:Campania
660:Builder
608:Campania
560:sponsons
529:Campania
497:Campania
442:Calabria
428:Campania
410:Campania
398:Calabria
392:Campania
370:Campania
350:Campania
283:Armament
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133:Scrapped
52:Campania
33:Campania
1744:Castore
1652:Condore
1625:La Masa
1563:Soldato
1543:Fulmine
1523:Agordat
1455:Regioni
961:Portals
748:gunboat
619:slipway
588:Vickers
576:Ansaldo
548:caliber
542:of six
1680:Orione
1673:Pegaso
1618:Audace
1604:Aquila
1597:Poerio
1583:Audace
1576:Ardito
1475:Quarto
1353:Italia
1346:Duilio
1182:Quarto
1149:Dogali
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489:funnel
421:Design
389:. The
185:Length
162:Normal
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36:design
1666:Sirio
1557:Nembo
1550:Lampo
1509:Goito
1468:Libia
1199:class
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1175:Libia
1143:class
1064:class
975:Italy
758:Notes
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353:class
324:Armor
260:Range
252:Speed
201:Draft
101:Built
87:class
55:class
1442:Etna
1408:Pisa
1141:Etna
930:ISBN
911:ISBN
888:ISBN
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611:and
564:deck
532:and
455:beam
435:for
373:and
346:The
330:Deck
314:2 ×
311:guns
307:2 ×
295:2 ×
292:guns
288:6 ×
242:2 ×
236:2 ×
214:4 ×
193:Beam
146:Type
125:Lost
96:None
47:Name
1686:MAS
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558:in
546:40-
222:ihp
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