Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Vittorio Emanuele | Arsenale di Genova | 1854 | 1856 | 1856 // 3.1861 | stricken 1900 |
Displacement normal, t |
3126 |
Displacement full, t |
3300 |
Length, m |
55.6 pp 61.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
15.3 |
Draught, m |
6.28 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 HC, 3 boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1488 |
Max speed, kts |
9 |
Fuel, t |
coal 380 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 210/12 80pdr ML, 16 x 1 - 177/16 40pdr ML, 20 x 1 - 177/9 40pdr ML howitzers, 14 x 1 - 135/9 20pdr ML howitzers |
Complement |
539 |
Project history: Wooden screw frigate of Sardinian Navy, incorporated to Regia Marina in 1861.
Modernizations: 1866: new armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 270/14 RML, 10 x 1 - 200/9 ML howitzers, 8 x 1 - 164/15 Palliser 3.54ton MLR, 32 x 1 - 164/14 ML, 6 x 1 - 80/11 SBML (landing guns)
1878: new armament consisted of 2 x 1 - 203/13 Armstrong 7ton MLR, 20 x 1 - 164/17 Palliser 5.12ton MLR, 4 x 1 - 80/13 Uchatius SBMLR, 4 x 1 - 75/13 Uchatius 9.5cwt SBBL
1894: new armament consisted of 10 x 1 - 164/17 Palliser 5.12ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 120/40 A
Naval service: Wooden screw frigate of Sardinian Navy, incorporated to Regia Marina. Used as TS since 1894.
Vittorio Emanuele
© Ivan Gogin, 2014