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ELISABETA protected cruiser (1888)

Elisabeta 1890

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Elisabeta     Armstrong, Elswick, UK 17.5.1887 29.9.1887 5.11.1888 disarmed 1916

 

Displacement normal, t

1300

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

73.0

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

3.66 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

4700

Max speed, kts

17.3

Fuel, t

coal 300

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm steel; deck: 43 - 25 with 86mm slopes

Armament

4 x 1 - 149/32 SK L/35 C/92, 4 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 4 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 - 356 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

Complement

190

Project history: Small cruiser, really large torpedo gunboat.

Ship protection: Protective deck was 43mm on the flat (tapered to 25mm at ship ends) and 86mm at the slopes.

Modernizations: 1907: armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 120/45 St. Chamond, 4 x 1 - 75/35 St. Chamond, 4 - 356 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

Naval service: In 1916 Elisabeta was disarmed due to her old age and her guns were mounted ashore. After the war she was hulked and in 1930 scrapped.

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