Giovanni Bausan 1885
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Giovanni Bausan | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 21.8.1882 | 15.12.1883 | 9.5.1885 | depot ship 7.1916 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3079 |
|
Displacement full, t |
3277 |
|
Length, m |
84.1 pp 89.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.9 |
|
Draught, m |
5.98 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VDE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
6470 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17.4 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 560 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(10) |
| Armour, mm | compound; deck: 38, CT: 13 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 254/30 B, 6 x 1 - 152/33 A, 4 x 1 - 57/40 H, 3 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 6 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 2 - 350 TT (beam) |
|
Complement |
295 |
Project history: This vessel, the first torpedo ram of the Italian Navy, was designed by George Rendel and was officially classed as an ariete-torpediniere. She was steel-hulled and was originally provided with a 2-masted fore and aft rig.
Ship protection: There was thin sloping protective deck.
Modernizations: 1899: - 6 x 1 - 152/33; + 6 x 1 - 152/40 A91
1915: - 2 x 1 - 254/30, 2 x 1 - 152/40
Naval service: After 1913 Giovanni Bausan was employed as a distilling ship at Tobruk, and later also as a headquarters for the Tobruk Naval Commander. In 1915 she was partly disarmed, and later disarmed totally. From 1.7.1916 she was a submarine depot ship at Brindisi. She was discarded in January 1920 and sold for scrap in March 1920.
Giovanni Bausan 1889
© Ivan Gogin, 2014