Formidabile 1862
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Terribile | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 6/1860 | 16.2.1861 | 9/1861 | stricken 8.1903 | ||
| Formidabile | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 12/1860 | 1.10.1861 | 5/1862 | stricken 7.1904 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2682 |
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Displacement full, t |
Terribile: 2807 Formidabile: 2618 |
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Length, m |
63.1 pp 65.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.4 |
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Draught, m |
5.45 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HSE, 6 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Terribile: 1100 Formidabile: 1080 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 310 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1300(10) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 110, citadel: 100 |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 203/13 Armstrong 7ton MLR, 16 x 1 - 164/17 Palliser 5.12ton MLR or 164/16 Palliser 3.54ton MLR |
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Complement |
371 |
Project history: Ordered during Cavour's ministry from French yards and designed as armoured floating batteries for coastal actions these vessels, the first Italian ironclads, were modified before completion into ironclad corvettes, able to fight also in open water, and their projected armament was reduced from 30 to 20 guns. They were rigged as three-masted schooners.
Ship protection: Their sides were entirely protected by 110mm thick iron plates.
Modernizations: 1872-1873, both: were reboilered
1878: - 16 x 1 - 164/(16-17); + 4 x 1 - 203/13 Armstrong 7ton MLR
1885, Terribile: - 8 x 1 - 203/13; + 2 x 1 - 152/33 A1883, 2 x 1 - 149/26 C, 2 x 1 - 120/20 Armstrong 1.26ton BLR, 2 - 350 TT (beam)
1887, Formidabile: - 8 x 1 - 203/13; + 6 x 1 - 120/20 Armstrong 1.26ton BLR
1890s, Formidabile: - 6 x 1 - 120/20; + 6 x 1 - 120/32 B(s.o.)
Naval service: Terribile was used as TS and experimental ship after 1885. Formidabile served as TS for gunners after 1887.
Formidabile
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