Italian ironclad Venezia

	Venezia at anchor in 1876
History
Italy
Name	Venezia
Namesake	Venice
Builder	Cantiere della Foce
Laid down	February 1863
Launched	21 January 1869
Completed	1 April 1873
Stricken	1895
Fate	Scrapped, 1895–1896
General characteristics
Class & type	Roma-class ironclad warship
Displacement	Normal: 5,722 long tons (5,814 t); Full load: 6,151 long tons (6,250 t);
Length	79.65 m (261 ft 4 in)
Beam	17.48 m (57 ft 4 in)
Draft	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Installed power	6 fire-tube boilers; 3,670 ihp (2,737 kW);
Propulsion	1 × marine steam engine; 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	1,940 nmi (3,590 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	549–551
Armament	18 × 254 mm (10 in) guns
Armor	Belt armor: 150 mm (5.9 in); Casemate: 121 mm (4.75 in);

Venezia was the second of two Roma-class ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s. She was armed with a main battery of eighteen 254 mm (10 in) guns in a central armored casemate. Her lengthy construction time, a result of her re-design from a broadside ironclad, quickly rendered her obsolescent compared to the new turret ships that began to enter service in the 1880s. As a result, her career was limited. She became a training ship in 1881 and served until 1895. Venezia was broken up for scrap the next year.