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Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Italian armoured cruiser Pisa executed with success trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1909-1910 no. 6


An item referred to the magazine Mitteilingen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the Italian armoured cruiser Pisa her full speed trial of 3 hours executed directly followed by a 6 hours trial executed with several speeds. During the full speed trial developed her engines 20.812 hp at 132 rpm resulting in a speed of 23,5 miles with a coal consumption of 0.819 kilo/hour/hp. At the second run was a maximum speed of 23,8 miles achieved.(1)

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1. Of the Pisa-class with as sister ship the Amalfi and the Greek cruiser Georgios Averof. Laid down at the Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno, Italy, Italy on 20 February 1905, launched on 15 September 1907, completed on 1 September 1909, reclassified from a 2nd class battleship into a coastal battleship and used as training ship on 1 July 1921, modified to take a Macchi M7 flying boat with her in 1925, training ship for lieutenants and naval cadets 1925-1930, decommissioned on 28 April 1937 and finally broken up.