Cristoforo Colombo 1894
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Cristoforo Colombo | R. Arsenale de Venezia | 1.9.1890 | 24.9.1892 | 16.10.1894 | discarded 3.1907 |
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Displacement normal, t |
|
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Displacement full, t |
2713 |
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Length, m |
76.4 pp |
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Breadth, m |
11.3 |
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Draught, m |
5.69 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 6 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2321 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
8 x 1 - 120/40 A, 2 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1 |
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Complement |
238 |
Project history: This vessel was virtually a repetition, in steel, of the previous Cristoforo Colombo, and was designed by Eng Insp Benedetto Brin as a station ship for the Red Sea. Barque-rigged, she had a copper-sheathed hull and used the same machinery as her namesake although developing less power.
Modernizations: 1900s: - 2 x 1 - 75/21
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014