Italian corvette Cristoforo Colombo (1892)
Cristoforo Colombo in 1896
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Class overview | |
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Name | Cristoforo Colombo |
Builders | Venice Naval Yard |
Operators | Regia Marina (Royal Navy) |
Preceded by | Amerigo Vespucci |
Succeeded by | None |
Completed | 1 |
History | |
Name | Cristoforo Colombo |
Builder | Venice Naval yard |
Laid down | 1 September 1890 |
Launched | 24 September 1892 |
Completed | 16 October 1894 |
Fate | Discarded 10 March 1907 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Screw corvette |
Displacement | ) |
Length | 76.4 meters (251 ft) pp |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
Draft | 5.69 m (18.7 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 1 shaft reciprocating |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 238 |
Armament |
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Cristoforo Colombo was a steel-hulled
The Regia Marina ultimately sold the ship in March 1907, though her ultimate fate is unknown.
Design
In the late 1880s, the Italian Regia Marina's chief designer,
Characteristics
Cristoforo Colombo was 76.4 meters (251 ft)
The ship was powered with the same machinery used in the older Cristoforo Colombo, though it produced a lower speed. The engine was a 3-cylinder marine steam engine, which drove a single propeller shaft. Steam was provided by six boilers that were ducted into a pair of funnels. The propulsion system produced a top speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) from 2,321 indicated horsepower (1,731 kW), though the contemporary source The Naval Pocket-Book credits the ship with a top speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) from 3,780 ihp (2,820 kW).[4][5] Coal storage capacity amounted to 445 long tons (452 t).[6] To supplement the steam engine, particularly on long voyages to and from Italy's colonial empire, Cristoforo Colombo carried a barque sailing rig.[4]
Cristoforo Colombo carried a relatively heavy gun battery for her small size, including eight 120-millimeter (4.7 in) 40-caliber guns. These were placed in single mounts in sponsons, four guns per broadside. Later in the ship's career, two of these guns were removed. For close-range defense against torpedo boats, she carried a secondary battery of two 75 mm (3 in) 24-caliber guns.[4]
Service history
The
By 1901, Cristoforo Colombo was assigned to the Red Sea to patrol Italy's East African colony in Italian Somaliland, along with the gunboats Volturno and Provana and the training vessel Volta.[9] She remained there the following year in company with Volturno.[10] In 1903, the unit was renamed the Red Sea and Benadir Division, and was reinforced with the torpedo cruiser Caprera and the aviso Barbarigo.[11] The following year, the unit consisted of Cristoforo Colombo, Volturno, the torpedo cruiser Coatit, and the aviso Galileo.[12] The Regia Marina discarded the ship on 10 March 1907. Her ultimate fate is unknown.[4]
Notes
- ^ Marshall, p. 76.
- ^ Fraccaroli, pp. 345–346, 350.
- ^ Sondhaus, p. 113.
- ^ a b c d e f Fraccaroli, p. 346.
- ^ Clowes, p. 382.
- ^ Brassey, p. 237.
- ^ Garbett 1894, p. 201.
- ^ Garbett 1895, pp. 89, 91.
- ^ Garbett 1901, p. 337.
- ^ Garbett 1902, p. 1075.
- ^ Garbett 1903, p. 1069.
- ^ Garbett 1904, p. 1429.
References
- Brassey, Thomas A. (1907). "List of British and Foreign Ships". The Naval Annual. Portsmouth: J. Griffin and Co.: 191–266. OCLC 6000656.
- Clowes, W. Laird (1905). The Naval Pocket-Book. London: W. Thacker & Co. OCLC 228787098.
- Fraccaroli, Aldo (1979). "Italy". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 334–359. ISBN 978-0-85177-133-5.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1894). "Naval and Military Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XXXVIII. London: J. J. Keliher: 193–206. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1895). "Naval and Military Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XXXIX (203). London: J. J. Keliher & Co.: 81–110. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1901). "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLV (277). London: J. J. Keliher: 316–347. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1902). "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLVI. London: J. J. Keliher: 1060–1079. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1903). "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLVII (307). London: J. J. Keliher & Co.: 1058–1075. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1904). "Naval Notes". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLVIII (322). London: J. J. Keliher & Co.: 1418–1434. OCLC 8007941.
- Marshall, Chris, ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of Ships: The History and Specifications of Over 1200 Ships. Enderby: Blitz Editions. ISBN 1-85605-288-5.
- Sondhaus, Lawrence (2001). Naval Warfare, 1815–1914. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-21478-0.
External links
- Cristoforo Colombo (1892) Marina Militare website