Etna 1887
Etna 1907
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Etna | R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia | 19.1.1883 | 26.9.1885 | 3.12.1887 | TS 1907-9/1914, discarded 5.1921 | ||
| Vesuvio | Orlando, Livorno | 10.7.1883 | 21.3.1886 | 16.3.1888 | discarded 5.1911 | ||
| Stromboli | Arsenale di Venezia | 27.9.1883 | 4.2.1886 | 21.3.1888 | discarded 3.1907 | ||
| Ettore Fieramosca | Orlando, Livorno | 31.12.1885 | 30.8.1888 | 16.11.1889 | discarded 7.1909 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3373 - 3538 |
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Displacement full, t |
3737 - 3888 |
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Length, m |
86.4 pp 91.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.2 |
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Draught, m |
~5.83 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VDE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6252 - 7480 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.6 - 18 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 630 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(10) |
| Armour, mm | compound; deck: 38, CT: 13 |
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Armament |
Etna, Vesuvio, Stromboli: 2 x 1 - 254/30 B, 6 x 1 - 152/32 B, 5 x 1 - 57/40 H, 5 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 2 - 350 TT (beam) Ettore Fieramosca: 2 x 1 - 254/30 B, 6 x 1 - 152/40 A, 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 3 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam) |
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Complement |
308 |
Project history: These vessels were designed by Eng Director Carlo Vigna and were a repetition of Giovanni Bausan.
Ship protection: There was thin sloping protective deck.
Modernizations: 1907, Etna: was armed with 4 x 1 - 152/40 A99, 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1, 4 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 47/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 1 x 1 - 11.4/94
1907, Vesuvio: - 2 x 1 - 254/30, 6 x 1 - 152/32; + 8 x 1 - 152/40 A99, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1, 1 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 1 - 11.4/94
Naval service: Etna served as a TS from 1907 to Sept 1914; during the First World War she was employed as a harbour headquarters ship, later as a harbour defence ship and lastly as a depot ship and headquarters for the C-in-C Italian Fleet at Taranto.
Stromboli 1895
© Ivan Gogin, 2014