Saïda 1879
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Saïda | Marinearsenal Pola | 9/1876 | 2.7.1878 | 14.8.1879 | stricken 2.1906 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2662 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
79.4 |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.83 mean 6.11 full load |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl HSE, cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1790 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 270 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
11 x 1 - 149/24 G. L/26 C.78, 1 x 1 - 66/16 G. L/18 |
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Complement |
333 - 359 |
Project history: Typical screw corvette.
Modernizations: 1892: + 2 x 5 - 25/41 Nordenfelt
1904: - 3 x 1 - 149/24, 2 x 5 - 25/41; + 2 x 1 - 47/30 SFK L/33 H
Naval service: Saïda was stricken on 26.2.1906. In 1908 her engines were removed and she served as a mine storage ship. In 1912 she was renamed Minerva when her name was needed for a new light cruiser, and in 1920 she was ceded as war reparation to Italy and scrapped.
Saïda
© Ivan Gogin, 2014