Calabria 1897
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Calabria | Arsenale di La Spezia | 2.1892 | 20.9.1894 | 12.7.1897 | discarded 11.1924 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2453 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2660 |
|
Length, m |
76.0 pp 81.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.7 |
|
Draught, m |
5.05 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4260 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16.4 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 50, CT: 50 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 450 TT (beam) |
|
Complement |
254 |
Project history: Designed by Chief Eng Edoardo Masdea specially for colonial service and long campaigns. Timber-hulled, zinc-sheathed.
Ship protection: 50mm sloped main deck.
Modernizations: 1914: - 4 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/25
1921: - 2 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 152/40 A1891, 2 x 1 - 57/40 H1886, 1 x 1 - 40/39 V,T1917
Naval service: In 1921 Calabria was re-rated as gunboat.
Calabria 1897
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