The Canon de 194 mm Modèle 1902 was used in sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905 before the advent of which ship?
Pre-dreadnought battleship Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of HMS "Dreadnought" . Pre-dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad battleships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, and protected by hardened steel armour, pre-dreadnought battleships carried a main battery of very heavy guns in barbettes (open or with armoured gunhouses) supported by one or more secondary batteries of lighter weapons. They were powered by coal-fuelled triple-expansion steam engines.
Italian battleship Roma (1907) Roma was an Italian pre-dreadnought battleship, laid down in 1903, launched in 1907 and completed in 1908. She was the third member of the "Regina Elena" class , which included three other vessels: "Regina Elena" , "Napoli" , and "Vittorio Emanuele" . "Roma" was armed with a main battery of two 12 in guns and twelve 8 in guns. She was quite fast for the period, with a top speed of nearly 21 kn .