Italian battleship Regina Margherita
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Regina Margherita was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina
Regia Marina
The Regia Marina dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification...

between 1898 and 1904.

Service

Regina Margherita was launched at La Spezia
La Spezia
La Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military...

 in 1901, and completed three years later. She was the flagship of the Italian Mediterranean Fleet until 1910. An explosion during repair works in 1911 meant she did not take part in the first phases of the Italo-Turkish War
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from September 29, 1911 to October 18, 1912.As a result of this conflict, Italy was awarded the Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and...

. In 1912 she was in the Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...

, together with Benedetto Brin.

On the night of 11–12 December 1916, while sailing from the port of Valona
Vlorë
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in heavy sea conditions, she struck two mines laid by the German submarine and blew up. There were 270 survivors and 675 men perished.
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