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Stromboli 1895

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Etna			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	19.1.1883	26.9.1885	3.12.1887	TS 1907-9/1914, discarded 5.1921
Vesuvio			Orlando, Livorno	10.7.1883	21.3.1886	16.3.1888	discarded 5.1911
Stromboli			Arsenale di Venezia	27.9.1883	4.2.1886	21.3.1888	discarded 3.1907
Ettore Fieramosca			Orlando, Livorno	31.12.1885	30.8.1888	16.11.1889	discarded 7.1909

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3373 - 3538
Displacement full, t	3737 - 3888
Length, m	86.4 pp 91.4 oa
Breadth, m	13.2
Draught, m	~5.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VDE, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	6252 - 7480
Max speed, kts	16.6 - 18
Fuel, t	coal 630
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(10)
Armour, mm	compound; deck: 38, CT: 13
Armament	Etna, Vesuvio, Stromboli: 2 x 1 - 254/30 B, 6 x 1 - 152/32 B, 5 x 1 - 57/40 H, 5 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 2 - 350 TT (beam) Ettore Fieramosca: 2 x 1 - 254/30 B, 6 x 1 - 152/40 A, 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 3 - 350 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	308

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Project history

These vessels were designed by Eng Director Carlo Vigna and were a repetition of Giovanni Bausan.

Ship protection

There was thin sloping protective deck.

Modernizations

1907, Etna: was armed with 4 x 1 - 152/40 A99, 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1, 4 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 47/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 1 x 1 - 11.4/94

1907, Vesuvio: - 2 x 1 - 254/30, 6 x 1 - 152/32; + 8 x 1 - 152/40 A99, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1, 1 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 1 x 1 - 11.4/94

Naval service

Etna served as a TS from 1907 to Sept 1914; during the First World War she was employed as a harbour headquarters ship, later as a harbour defence ship and lastly as a depot ship and headquarters for the C-in-C Italian Fleet at Taranto.