Brindisi 1920
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Brindisi (ex-Helgoland) | Danubius Werft, Fiume, Austria-Hungary | 28.10.1911 | 23.11.1912 | 29.8.1914 // 19.9.1920 | accommodation ship 11.1929 | ||
| Venezia (ex-Saida) | CNT, Monfalcone, Austria-Hungary | 9.9.1911 | 26.10.1912 | 1.8.1914 // 19.9.1920 | accommodation ship 3.1930 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3500 |
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Displacement full, t |
Brindisi: 4375 Venezia: 4327 |
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Length, m |
129.7 wl 130.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.30 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Brindisi: 2 AEG steam turbines, 16 Yarrow boilers Venezia: 2 Melms-Pfenniger steam turbines, 16 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
25600 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 800 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1600(24) |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 60, deck: 20, shields: 40, CT: 50 |
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Armament |
9 x 1 - 100/47 G. L/50 K.11, 1 x 1 - 66/47 G. L/50 BAG, 1 x 1 - 47/40 L/44 S, 3 x 2 - 533 TT |
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Complement |
368 |
Project history: Ex-Austrian cruisers of Admiral Spaun class. Brindisi was commissioned 7.6.1923 and Venezia 5.7.1921.
Ship protection: 60mm belt closed machinery spaces only and was connected with flat 20mm deck by top. Guns had 40mm shields.
Modernizations:
1921 - 1922, both: - 1 x 1 - 66/47, 1 x 1 - 47/40, 1 x 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 37/43 Vickers 1914, 120 minesNaval service: Both were later used as accommodation ships, and sold in March, 1937.
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