very similar Christoforo Colombo 1894
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Arsenale di Venezia | 9/12/1879 | 31/7/1882 | 1/9/1884 | TS 1893, discarded 12/1928 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2493 |
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Displacement full, t |
2751 |
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Length, m |
78.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.48 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
HR, 8 boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 10000 |
| Armour, mm | deck: ? |
|
Armament |
8 x 1 - 149/26 Krupp, 3 x 1 - 75/21 Krupp, 4 x 1 - 11.4/80 |
|
Complement |
268 |
Ship project history: Barque-rigged steel corvette.
Ship protection: There was a sloping protective deck and cellular layer.
Modernizations: 1893, new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 2 - 350 TT
1910s: new armament consisted of: 4 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 6.5/115
Naval service: No significant events.
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