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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
armed merchant cruisers of WWI
Ships
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT |
Dimensions, m (length pp) |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caprera | 1910 // 1915 | Italy | 1825 | 93.0x11.0 | 14 | 2VTE, 3800 | 2-120/40, 4-76/40 | sunk 5.2.1918 |
| Città di Bengasi | 1917 // 1917 | Ancona | 3052 | 96.5x12.7 | 14 | 2VTE, 3697 | 4-120/40 | returned 12.1918 |
| Città di Cagliari | 1910 // 1915 | Italy | 2161 | 86.8x11.2 | 14 | 2VTE, 3850 | 2-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 2.1919 |
| Città di Catania | 1910 // 1915 | Ansaldo, Genova | 3261 | 110.8x12.8 | 20 | 3turbines, 13620 | 4-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 12.1918 |
| Città di Messina | 1910 // 1915 | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 3495 | 110.8x12.8 | 20 | 3VTE, 12500 | 4-120/40, 2-76/40 | sunk 23.6.1916 |
| Città di Palermo | 1910 // 1915 | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 3414 | 110.8x12.8 | 20 | 3VTE, 12000 | 4-120/40, 2-76/40 | sunk 8.1.1916 |
| Città di Sassari | 1910 // 1915 | Italy | 2167 | 86.5x11.3 | 14 | 2VTE, 4500 | 2-120/40, 2-76/40 | sunk 1.12.1917 |
| Città di Siracusa | 1910 // 1915 | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 3650 | 110.8x12.8 | 20 | 3VTE, 12000 | 2-120/40, 6-76/40 | returned 12.1918 |
| Misurata | 1888 // 1915 | 2690 | 1-120/40, 2-76/40 | sunk 3.5.1917 | ||||
| Porto di Suez | 1883 // 1918 | Greenock, UK | 1320 | 76.1x9.7 | 1VTE, 1000 | 1-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 4.1919 | |
| Porto Torres | 1901 // 1918 | 1163 | 67.1x9.2 | 13 | 1VTE, 1140 | 1-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 12.1918 | |
| Tocra | 1901 // 1915 | Leith, UK | 2864 | 102.9x12.5 | 3500 | 2-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 9.1919 | |
| Tolemaide | 1899 // 1915 | Aberdeen, UK | 2690 | 100.6x12.5 | 2500 | 2-120/40, 2-76/40 | returned 12.1918 | |
| Umberto I | 1878 // 1915 | Macmillan, Dumbarton, UK | 2822 | 12 | 3000 | 1-120/40, 2-76/40 | sunk 14.8.1917 |
100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels
Project history
Merchant ships converted to armed merchant cruisers and boarding ships.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Caprera was sunk 5.2.1918 in Western Mediterranean (Spanish waters) by gunfire of German submarine U64. Città di Messina was torpedoed 23.6.1916 in the Straits of Otranto by Austrian submarine U15. Città di Palermo was sunk 8.1.1916 by a mine laid by German submarine UC14. Città di Sassari was torpedoed 1.12.1917 by German submarine U65 off Cape Mele. Misurata was torpedoed 3.5.1917 in central Mediterranean. Umberto I was sunk by torpedo 14.8.1917 near Gallinaria Is.
