Amalfi 1909
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pisa | Orlando, Livorno | 20.2.1905 | 15.9.1907 | 1.9.1909 | stricken 4.1937 | ||
| Amalfi | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 24.7.1905 | 5.5.1908 | 1.9.1909 | sunk 7.7.1915 |
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Displacement normal, t |
9832 |
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Displacement full, t |
Pisa: 10600 Amalfi: 10401 |
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Length, m |
130.0 pp 140.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
21.0 |
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Draught, m |
Pisa: 7.10 Amalfi: 6.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 22 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
20000 |
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Max speed, kts |
23 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1560 + oil 140 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(12) |
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Armour, mm |
belt: 200, main gun turrets: 160, secondary gun turrets: 130, deck: 130 - 50, CT: 180 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 254/45 V1906, 4 x 2 - 190/45 V1906, 16 x 1 - 76/50 V1908, 8 x 1 - 47/50 V1908, 4 x 1 - 6.5/80, 3 - 450 TT sub (1 fwd, 2 beam) |
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Complement |
687 |
Project history: Designed on the basis of Regina Elena class battleships. Originally according to Italian classification they were rated as 2nd class battleships though had strongly pronounced cruiser characteristics. As a whole they were rather successful ships for time, but to beginning of WWI they already considerably become outdated.
Ship protection: Main 200mm belt (full ship length, tapering to 80mm at lower edge), medium belt between end turrets and upper belt between 190mm gun turrets expanded to upper deck, main and upper belts were closed by 150mm bulkheads abreast barbettes. Main belt thickness was 100mm on short parts at ship ends. Main 50mm deck was connected with lower edge of main belt by 130mm slopes. CT had 180mm sides.
Modernizations:
1917 - 1918, Pisa: - 2 x 1 - 76/50, 8 x 1 - 47/50; + 6 x 1 - 76/40 A19171925, Pisa: + 1 seaplane (M.7)
Naval service: Amalfi was sunk by German submarine UB14 7.7.1915 in Northern Adriatic (formally she carried Austrian flag as U26). Pisa since 1921 served as TS and was reclassified as coastal battleship in July 1921.
Amalfi 1909
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