The Formidabile class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s. The class comprised two ships, Formidabile...

Formidabile was the lead ship of the Formidabile-class ironclad warships, the first ships of that type to be built for the newly formed Italian Regia...

component included two Formidabile-class ironclads, ordered from France in 1860, which became Italy's first broadside ironclads. The country quickly began...

1860, the Kingdom of Sardinia entered the ironclad building race by ordering the Formidabile-class ironclads from French shipyards; their long-term rival...

in the Austro-Italian ironclad arms race. Drache and Salamander were ordered in response to the two Formidabile-class ironclads that Italy had bought...

Terribile was the first ironclad warship to be built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), and the second member of the Formidabile class. Terribile and her...

frigates of the Formidabile class, and two more vessels of the Re d'Italia class had been ordered from the United States. Five more ironclads were ordered...

The Roma class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s and 1870s. The class comprised two ships,...

response to Italy's order for the two Formidabile-class ironclads, which marked the beginning of the Austro-Italian ironclad arms race. The Austrian vessels...

(Royal Navy). By the time the two Formidabile-class ironclads had been commissioned, they formed the first broadside ironclads of the Italian Regia Marina....

On 19 July, Affondatore was ordered to support the attempt by the ironclad Formidabile to force an entry into the harbor at Vis; the two ships bombarded...

The Re d'Italia class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s. The class comprised two ships, Re...

Principe di Carignano class was a group of three ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s. The class comprised the ships...

the Principe di Carignano class of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s. She was the first ironclad built in Italy; her keel...

The first of these vessels, the two vessels of the Formidabile class, were small broadside ironclads ordered from France and built to French designs. These...

stationed in Naples. Her sister Principe di Carignano, the two Formidabile-class ironclads were also stationed in the port, along with a number of other...

side. Formidabile was sent to engage Fort San Giorgio at close range while the other ironclads shelled it from afar; one shell from the ironclad Regina...

eventually broken up in 1883. The Drache class was designed in response to the Formidabile-class ironclads bought from France by the Kingdom of Sardinia...

Division, commanded by Captain Augusto Riboty, along with the ironclads Terribile, Formidabile, and Re di Portogallo, and the coastal defense ship Varese...

being broken up in 1895–1896. The Drache class was designed in response to the Formidabile-class ironclads bought from France by the Kingdom of Sardinia...

Portogallo was at that time in the 3rd Division, along with the ironclads Terribile, Formidabile, and Regina Maria Pia, and the coastal defense ship Varese...

Regina Maria Pia class was a group of four ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1860s. The class comprised four ships...

des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne Terribile Formidabile-class ironclad For Royal Sardinian Navy. 26 February  United Kingdom Messrs....

continuous armored belt on the waterline. The two smaller ironclads Terribile and Formidabile, each with a displacement of 2,700 metric tons (2,700 long...

Amedeo was an ironclad warship built by the Italian Regia Marina in the 1860s and 1870s. She was the lead ship of the Principe Amedeo class, alongside her...

Conte Verde was the third of three Principe di Carignano-class ironclads built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), though she differed in several...

side. Formidabile was sent to engage Fort San Giorgio at close range while the other ironclads shelled it from afar; one shell from the ironclad Regina...

In 1860, Cavour added a pair of small ironclad warships, the Formidabile class, beginning a series of ironclads built for the Sardinian and later Italian...

so he cancelled the attack. The next morning, Persano ordered the ironclad Formidabile to enter the harbor Vis and attack the Madonna battery, supported...

Siege of Gaeta. At the Battle of Lissa in 1866, his vessel, the ironclad Formidabile, forced the entrance of the port of San Giorgio di Lissa and silenced...