Quarto 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Quarto | R. Arsenale di Venezia | 14.11.1909 | 19.8.1911 | 31.3.1913 | stricken 1.1939 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3271 |
|
Displacement full, t |
3442 |
|
Length, m |
126.0 pp 131.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.8 |
|
Draught, m |
4.10 |
|
No of shafts |
4 |
|
Machinery |
4 Parsons steam turbines, 10 Blechynden boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
25000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
28 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal + oil 800 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2300(15) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 40, CT: 100 |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 120/50 A1909, 6 x 1 - 76/50 V1909, 2 - 450 TT aw (beam), 200 mines |
|
Complement |
247 |
Project history: Best light (actually protected) cruiser of WWI Italian Navy. Quarto was commissioned as scout and reclassified as cruiser in September 1938. On trials she reached 28.61kts with 29215hp power. 8 boilers from 10 were used purely oil and 2 coal and oil. Quarto differed by high quality of machinery and till the end of the long service could develop 28kts.
Ship protection: Main protection consisted of deck with slopes.
Modernizations:
1913: - 2 - 450 TT aw; + 2 - 450 TT sub (beam)1927: + 1 seaplane (M.18)
1936: - 3 x 1 - 76/50; + 3 x 2 - 13.2/76
Naval service: No significant events.
Quarto 1914
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