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Monday, 16 May 2016
Italian light cruiser (ex-Maraviev Amurskyy and Pillau) Bari in 1923
Launched in 1913, completed in 1914, displacement 4.320 tons, horsepower 27.400 hp, coal-oil fired turbine direct drive and an armament of 8-5.9” guns, 3-22pd guns, 2 machineguns and 2 torpedo tubes.(1)
Note
1. Originally built for the Russian navy as the Maraviev Amurskyy, part of the Pillau-class, laid down at the Schau-Werke, Danzig, Germany in 1913, launched on 11 April 1914, confiscated by the German government in August 1914, commissioned on 14 December 1914, stricken on 5 November 1919, handed over to Italy on 20 July 1920, commissioned on 21 January 1924, sunk after being heavily damaged by American bombers on 28 June at Livorno, Italy on 30 June 1943, by Italian forces further damaged to prevent any use by German forces, partially broken up by the German forces, stricken on 27 February 1947 and her remains were salvaged on 13 January 1948 to be broken up.
Source
Archive Dutch Naval Staff 1886-1942 (National Archive at The Hague, Netherlands) inventory number 155. Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries) on 1 February 1923.