The Italian navy had received proposals for an all-big-gun battleship from Cuniberti well before Dreadnought was launched, but it took until 1909 for Italy to lay down one of its own.
Den italienske flåde have fået forslag om et kun-store-kanoner slagskib fra Cuniberti længe inden Dreadnought blev søsat, men det tog indtil 1909 inden Italien køllagde en selv.