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Of the Etna-class preceded by the Giovanni Bausan and succeeded by the Dogali. Sister ships Stromboli, Vesuvio and Ettore Fieramosca. Laid down at Castellammare, Naples, Italy on 13 January 1884, launched on 26 September 1885, commissioned on 2 December 1887, visited with the Dogali and the Giovanni Bausan the naval review at New York, USA and the World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago in 1893, rebuilt with forecastle and poop decks and modernized armament between 1905-1907 and finally sold to be broken up on 15 May 1921.
With a displacement of 3.530 tons/3.474 long tons and as dimensions 86,4 (between perpendiculars) x 13,0 x 15,8 (mean) metres or 283.6 x 42.6 x 19 feet. The 2 shafts horizontal compound steam engines and 4 cylindrical boilers supplied 7.480 ihp allowing a speed of 17 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 5.000 nautical miles. The crew numbered 308 men. The armour consisted of 3,8cm/1.5” thick deck and the conning tower was protected by 1,3cm/0.5” thick armour. The original armament consisted of 2x1-25,4cm/10” /30 breech loading guns, 6x1-15,2cm/6” /32 guns, 5-6pd Hotchkiss guns, 5-1pd Hotchkiss guns and 4-35,6cm/14” torpedo tubes (1 bow submerged, 3 surfaced).
