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TRIPOLI torpedo cruiser (1886)

Tripoli 1886

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tripoli     R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia 10.6.1885 25.8.1886 1.12.1886 minelayer 1910, discarded 3.1923

 

Displacement normal, t

835

Displacement full, t

952

Length, m

70.0 pp 73.4 oa

Breadth, m

7.88

Draught, m

3.65

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 DE, 6 locomotive boilers

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

coal 130

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(10)

Armour, mm

steel; deck: 40

Armament

1 x 1 - 120/32 B(c.o.), 6 x 1 - 57/43 N, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 3 x 5 - 37/20 H, 5 - 350 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)

Complement

105 - 111

Project history: Experimental steel-hulled ship, first real Italian torpedo cruiser, first Italian warship with 3 shafts. Designed by B. Brin.

Ship protection: There was 40mm armored deck with slopes.

Modernizations: 1904: - 1 x 1 - 120/32, 6 x 1 - 57/43, 2 x 1 - 37/20, 3 x 5 - 37/20, 2 - 350 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 A, 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 1 x 1 - 47/40 H

1910: - 2 x 1 - 57/40, 1 x 1 - 47/40, 3 - 350 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 A, 64 mines

Naval service: Tripoli was officially classed as minelayer on 1.7.1921.

 

Tripoli 1886

Tripoli 1910s

 

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