Italian monitor Alfredo Cappellini

Class overview
Built1915–16
In commission1916–17
Completed1
Lost1
History
Kingdom of Italy
NameAlfredo Cappellini
BuilderCantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Launched24 April 1916
Completed28 April 1916
FateWrecked 16 November 1917
General characteristics
Displacement1,452 tonnes (1,429 long tons; 1,601 short tons) (standard)
Length36 m (118 ft 1 in)
Beam18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power265 ihp (198 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 double-expansion steam engine
Speedabout 3.2 knots (5.9 km/h; 3.7 mph) (trials)
Armament2 × 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.