Liguria 1894
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Umbria | Orlando, Livorno | 1/8/1888 | 23/4/1891 | 16/2/1894 | discarded 7/1909, to Haiti 1911 (Ferrier) | |
| Lombardia | Arsenale di Castellamare di Stabia | 19/11/1888 | 12/7/1890 | 16/2/1893 | discarded 7/1920 | |
| Etruria | Orlando, Livorno | 1/4/1889 | 23/4/1891 | 11/7/1894 | sunk 13/8/1918 | |
| Liguria | Ansaldo, Genoa | 1/7/1889 | 8/6/1893 | 1/12/1894 | balloon ship 1908, cruiser 1911, discarded 5/1921 | |
| Elba | Arsenale di Castellamare di Stabia | 22/9/1890 | 12/8/1893 | 27/2/1896 | balloon ship 1907, seaplane carrier 6/1914, discarded 1/1920 | |
| Puglia | Arsenale di Taranto | 10/1893 | 22/9/1898 | 26/5/1901 | minelayer 7/1916, discarded 3/1923 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Lombardia: 2389 Umbria: 2245 Etruria: 2281 Liguria: 2281 Elba: 2732 Puglia: 2538 |
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Displacement full, t |
Lombardia: 2750 Umbria: 2411 Etruria: 2450 Liguria: 2460 Elba: 2950 Puglia: 3096 |
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Length, m |
Umbria, Lombardia, Etruria, Liguria: 80.0 pp 84.8 oa Elba: 83.2 pp 88.2 oa Puglia: 83.2 pp 88.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
Umbria, Lombardia, Etruria, Liguria: 12.0 Elba: 12.7 Puglia: 12.1 |
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Draught, m |
Umbria: 5.35 Lombardia, Etruria: 4.87 Liguria: 4.67 Elba: 4.86 Puglia: 5.45 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers Puglia: VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Lombardia: 6842 Umbria: 7104 Etruria: 7585 Liguria: 7677 Elba: 7471 Puglia: 7000 |
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Max speed, kts |
Lombardia: 17 Umbria: 18.8 Etrurua: 19.8 Liguria: 19.6 Elba: 17.9 Puglia: 19 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 430 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(10) |
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Armour, mm |
deck: 50, CT: 50 Puglia: deck: 25, CT: 50 |
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Armament |
Umbria: 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong 1889, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Krupp, 7 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 9 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Lombardia: 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong 1889, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Etruria, Liguria: 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong 1889, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 8 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Elba: 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong 1889, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 8 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 6 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Puglia: 4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong 1889, 6 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 8 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (beam) |
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Complement |
213 - 278 |
Ship project history: Cruisers, originally considered unsuccessful because of a slow speed and which ultimately become outdated to the beginning of WWI.
Ship protection: There was a sloping protective deck.
Modernizations: 1905, Umbria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 1 x 1 - 75/21, 9 x 1 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss
1905, Lombardia: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1905, Etruria, Liguria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 6 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1905, Elba: - 2 x 1 - 152/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong 1891, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1905, Puglia: - 4 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20, 2 - 450 TT
1914, Liguria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20
1914, Elba: + 3 seaplanes
1915, Lombardia: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20
1915, Etruria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20
1915, Elba: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 8 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20
1916, Puglia as minelayer: - 6 x 1 - 120/40, 6 x 1 - 57/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 7 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1916, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1915, 1 x 1 - 37/43 Vickers 1914, mines
1917, Liguria as minelayer: - 2 x 1 - 120/40, 8 x 1 - 57/40; + mines
Naval service: Umbria in 1911 was sold to Haiti, renamed Ferrier, and on passage to America foundered because of inexperience of new crew. All cruisers differed under the characteristics a little and were repeatedly rearmed. Elba since June, 1914 served as seaplane tender, Lombardia in 1908 became submarine tender. Liguria and Puglia in 1916-1917 were converted to minelayers. Etruria was lost 13/8/1918 at Leghorn as a result of explosion of the barge with ammunition, moored aside.
Liguria 1899
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