Giuseppe Miraglia 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Giuseppe Miraglia (ex-Citta di Messina) | // Arsenale di La Spezia | 5/3/1921 | 20/12/1923 | 1927 | submarine depot ship 9/1943 |
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Displacement standard, t |
4880 |
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Displacement full, t |
5913 |
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Length, m |
115.0 pp 121.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
15.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.20 mean |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 8 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 430 |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/35 Schneider-Armstrong 1914-15, 2 catapults, 20 aircraft (M.5, M.7, M.18, P.6) |
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Complement |
196 |
Ship project history: Laid down as a passenger steamer Citta di Messina, bought incomplete by the Italian Government for conversion to seaplane tender. Works on conversion were begun 24/1/1925. Amidships large hangar was fitted. Over a hangar on a centre line there were superstructures and two funnels. A fwd and aft from them the hangar roof formed similarity of the flight deck serving for prelaunch maintenance of aircrafts. Launch was effected by two catapults, one in a fore end and second aft. Handling of landed seaplanes was realised by cranes through lateral doors in hangar walls. In total on 20 seaplanes could be based: 4 large and 16 small.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In beginning of war Giuseppe Miraglia was used in a role of training vessel and after September, 1943 as depot ship for Italian submarines at Malta. Stricken finally in 1950.
Giuseppe Miraglia
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