Italian cruiser Monzambano
Monzambanoshortly after entering service in 1889
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History | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Monzambano |
Builder | Arsenale di La Spezia |
Laid down | 25 August 1885 |
Launched | 14 March 1888 |
Commissioned | 11 August 1889 |
Stricken | 26 August 1901 |
Fate | Broken up, 1901 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Goito-class torpedo cruiser |
Displacement | 856 long tons (870 t) |
Length | 73.4 m (241 ft) |
Beam | 7.88 m (25.9 ft) |
Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 105–121 |
Armament |
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Armor | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) |
Monzambano was a torpedo cruiser of the Goito class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. The ship was built at the Arsenale di La Spezia, beginning with her keel laying in August 1885 and ending with her completion in August 1889. She was armed with a variety of light guns and five 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes, and was capable of a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The ship spent her career in the main Italian fleet conducting training exercises, and did not see action. She spent 1898 patrolling the eastern Mediterranean Sea with the Levant Squadron. Monzambano was withdrawn from service in 1901 and broken up for scrap that year.
Design
Monzambano was 73.4 meters (241 ft)
The primary armament for Monzambano was five 14 in (356 mm)
Service history
Monzambano was
In 1895, Monzambano was stationed in the 2nd Maritime Department, split between Taranto and Naples, along with most of the torpedo cruisers in the Italian fleet. These included her sister ships Goito, Montebello, and Confienza, the eight Partenope-class cruisers, and Tripoli.[6] In 1898, Monzambano was assigned to the Levant Squadron that patrolled the eastern Mediterranean. She served on the station with the ironclad battleship Sardegna, the protected cruiser Etruria, Montebello, and the torpedo cruiser Aretusa.[7] The ship was stricken on 26 August 1901 and broken up for scrap.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Fraccaroli, p. 347.
- ^ Garbett 1893, p. 567.
- ^ Clarke & Thursfield, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Lansdale, pp. 355–357.
- ^ Garbett 1894, p. 201.
- ^ Garbett 1895, p. 90.
- ^ Garbett 1899, p. 855.
References
- Clarke, George S. & Thursfield, James R. (1897). The Navy and the Nation, or Naval Warfare and Imperial Defence. London: John Murray. OCLC 3462308.
- 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. (1893). "Naval and Military Notes – Italy". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XXXVII. London: J. J. Keliher: 566–568. OCLC 8007941.
- 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 – Italy". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XXXIX. London: J. J. Keliher: 81–111. OCLC 8007941.
- Garbett, H., ed. (1899). "Naval Notes – Italy". Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. XLII. London: J. J. Keliher: 855–857. OCLC 8007941.
- Lansdale, P. V. (1894). "Italian Naval Manoeuvres". Notes on the Year's Naval Progress. Washington, D. C.: Government Publishing Office: 354–373. OCLC 727366607.
External links
- Monzambano Marina Militare website (in Italian)