Marsala 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Nino Bixio | R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia | 15.2.1911 | 30.12.1911 | 5.5.1914 | stricken 3.1929 | ||
| Marsala | R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia | 15.2.1911 | 24.3.1912 | 4.8.1914 | stricken 11.1927 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3575 |
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Displacement full, t |
4141 |
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Length, m |
131.4 pp 140.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.10 |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Curtiss steam turbines, 14 Blechynden boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
22500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
Nino Bixio: 26.8 Marsala: 27.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 800 + oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1400(13) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 40, CT: 100 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 120/50 A1909, 6 x 1 - 76/50 V1909, 2 - 450 TT sub (beam), 200 mines |
|
Complement |
296 |
Project history: Fast turbine-driven scout cruisers, but deprived of armoured belt because of what actually they should be rated as protected cruisers. In comparison with the predecessor, Quarto, they were larger, but reached lower speed (on trials Marsala has shown 27.66kts, Bixio 26.82kts).
Ship protection: Main protection consisted of deck with slopes.
Modernizations:
1916, Marsala: 12 of 14 boilers were modified to burning oil only.1920s, both: + 2 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1917
Naval service: Because of strong deterioration of machinery both were sold for BU in the late twenties.
Nino Bixio 1914
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