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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Sunk

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeArmoured cruiser
ClassGiuseppe Garibaldi
WarItalo-Turkish War
Main guns1 × 10″ gun

Sank Avnillah at Beirut. Torpedoed and sunk by an Austro-Hungarian submarine in the Adriatic in 1915.

Italian armoured cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × single 254 mm (10 in) gun
  • 1 × twin 203 mm (8 in) guns
  • 14 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns
  • 10 × single 76 mm (3 in) guns
  • 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 4 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in)
  • Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in)
  • Gun turrets: 150 mm
  • Conning tower: 150 mm
  • Gun shields: 50 mm (2.0 in)
BuilderGio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Laid down8 June 1898
Launched29 June 1899
Displacement7,350 metric tons (7,234 long tons)
Length111.8 m (366 ft 10 in)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement555 officers and enlisted men (578 as flagship)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

29 June 1899

24 February 1912

Fate

Sunk

Sunk, 18 July 1915