The Principe Amedeo class was a pair of ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1870s and 1880s.

They were the culmination of a major naval construction program designed to give Italy a powerful fleet of ironclads.

The two ships, Principe Amedeo and Palestro, were the last Italian ironclads to feature sailing rigs and wooden hulls.

The ships were barque-rigged to supplement the steam engine; Principe Amedeo and her sister were the last rigged ironclad to be built by Italy.

[3] Palestro and Principe Amedeo were both armed with a main battery of six 254 mm (10 in) guns, though they were mounted differently in each ship.

[4] The two ships were protected by iron belt armor that was 221 mm (8.7 in) thick and extended for the entire length of the hull.

[5] In 1880, Palestro took part in a naval demonstration off Ragusa in an attempt to force the Ottoman Empire to comply with the terms of the Treaty of Berlin and turn over the town of Ulcinj to Montenegro.

Principe Amedeo was stricken from the naval register in 1895 and used as an ammunition depot ship in Taranto until 1910, when she was sold for scrap.