Flavio Gioia 1883
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Flavio Gioia | R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia | 26.6.1879 | 12.6.1881 | 26.1.1883 | discarded 9.1920 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2493 |
|
Displacement full, t |
3064 |
|
Length, m |
78.0 pp 84.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.8 |
|
Draught, m |
5.19 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 HR, 8 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4156 |
|
Max speed, kts |
14 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 500 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 10000 |
| Armour, mm | steel; deck |
|
Armament |
8 x 1 - 149/27 B, 3 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1 |
|
Complement |
268 |
Project history: A barque-rigged steel corvette designed by Eng Insp Carlo Vigna, with machinery built by Penn.
Ship protection: There was a sloping protective deck and cellular layer.
Modernizations: 1892: new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 120/40 A, 2 - 350 TT (beam)
1910s: new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 76/40 A, 2 x 1 - 6.5/115
Naval service: In 1892 she was converted to a TS. After having been discarded in 1920 she was used as a TS for boys at Naples under the designation CM181 and unofficial name of Caracciolo until 4.3.1923.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014