Italian monitor Alfredo Cappellini
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Built | 1915–16 |
| In commission | 1916–17 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| History | |
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Alfredo Cappellini |
| Builder | Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno |
| Launched | 24 April 1916 |
| Completed | 28 April 1916 |
| Fate | Wrecked 16 November 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,452 tonnes (1,429 long tons; 1,601 short tons) (standard) |
| Length | 36 m (118 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 18 m (59 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 265 ihp (198 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 double-expansion steam engine |
| Speed | about 3.2 knots (5.9 km/h; 3.7 mph) (trials) |
| Armament | 2 × 1 - 381 mm (15 in) guns |
Alfredo Cappellini was an Italian monitor converted from the floating crane GA53 during World War I. She bombarded Austro-Hungarian positions during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo in 1917 before she lost in a storm off Ancona on 16 November 1917.