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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dogali (ex-Angelo Emo, ex-Salamis)			Armstrong, Elswick, UK	13.2.1885	23.12.1885	28.4.1887	to Uruguay 1.1908 (24 de Agosto)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2050
Displacement full, t
Length, m	76.2
Breadth, m	11.3
Draught, m	4.42
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	5012
Max speed, kts	17.7
Fuel, t	coal 430
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armour, mm	compound; deck: 51, gunshields: 114, CT: 51
Armament	6 x 1 - 152/32 B, 9 x 1 - 57/40 H, 6 x 5 - 11.4/94, 4 - 350 TT (beam)
Complement	224

Standard scale images

Project history

Dogali, originally rigged with 2 masts and fore and aft sails, was the first warship to have TE engines. Laid down as Salamis for the Greek Navy to a design by Sir William White, she was bought by the Italian Government and renamed first Angelo Emo and later Dogali.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 51mm flat and 51mm slopes, 152mm guns had 114mm shields.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

She ended her life under Italian colours in Montevideo where, in January 1908, she was sold to the Uruguayan Government, and was renamed 24 de Agosto and in 1910 Montevideo. She was discarded in 1914 but not scrapped until about 1930.