Galileo Galilei 1888
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Galileo Galilei | R. Arsenale di Venezia | 9/1885 | 3.5.1887 | 10/1888 | discarded 12.1913 | ||
| Archimede | R. Arsenale di Venezia | 8/1885 | 8.3.1887 | 2/1888 | discarded 9.1907 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Galileo Galilei: 776 Archimede: 772 |
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Displacement full, t |
Galileo Galilei: 886 Archimede: 950 |
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Length, m |
70.0 pp 77.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.03 |
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Draught, m |
3.75 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Galileo Galilei: 1384 Archimede: 1411 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 210 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/24 Armstrong 1.38ton BLR |
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Complement |
73 |
Project history: Designed by Eng Director Carlo Vigna, and carrying a light gaff rig.
Modernizations: 1895-1897, both: + 2 x 1 - 57/43 N, 2 x 5 - 37/20 H corto
1906, Galileo Galilei: - 4 x 1 - 120/24, 2 x 5 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 57/43 N, 1 x 1 - 11.4/94
Naval service: Galileo Galilei was sold for scrapping on 22.2.1915. Archimede was used as a powder hulk at La Spezia for some years after she was discarded.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014