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  Montebello 1906  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Monzambano			R. Arsenale di La Spezia	25.8.1885	14.3.1888	11.8.1889	discarded 8.1901
Goito			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	9/1885	6.7.1887	16.2.1888	minelayer 1897, discarded 3.1920
Montebello			R. Arsenale di La Spezia	25.9.1885	14.3.1888	21.1.1889	TS 1898, discarded 1.1920
Confienza			R. Arsenale di La Spezia	9/1887	28.7.1889	11.4.1890	discarded 8.1901

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Monzambano: 856 Goito: 829 Montebello: 801 Confienza: 756
Displacement full, t	Goito: 974 Montebello: 955 Confienza: 969
Length, m	70.0 pp 73.4 oa
Breadth, m	Monzambano, Goito, Montebello: 7.88 Confienza: 8.05
Draught, m	Monzambano: 3.50 Goito: 3.60 Montebello: 3.31 Confienza: 3.04
No of shafts	Monzambano, Goito, Montebello: 3 Confienza: 2
Machinery	Monzambano: 3 VDE, 4 locomotive boilers Goito: 3 VDE, 6 locomotive boilers Confienza: 2 VDE, 4 locomotive boilers Montebello: 3 VTE, 6 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	Monzambano, Goito, Montebello: 2500 - 3180 Confienza: 1962
Max speed, kts	Monzambano, Goito, Montebello: 18 Confienza: 17
Fuel, t	coal 100 - 180
Endurance, nm(kts)	1100(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 40
Armament	Monzambano: 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 5 - 350 TT (1 bow, 4 beam) Goito: 5 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 3 x 5 - 37/20 H corto, 5 - 350 TT (1 bow, 4 beam) Montebello: 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 4 - 350 TT (beam) Confienza: 1 x 1 - 120/32 B (c.o.), 6 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto, 5 - 350 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	105 - 121

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Project history

Designed by Eng General Imp Benedetto Brin (except Confienza, designed by Eng Director Giacinto Pullino), these steel-hulled ships may all be considered experimental. There were considerable differences among them (notably in their hull shape, boilers, machinery, armament and general appearance), and several alterations were made to them during their service. Monzambano and Goito had two funnels, Montebello three and Confienza one funnel. All were originally rigged with 2 fore and aft sails.

Ship protection

There was 40mm armored deck with slopes.

Modernizations

1894, Goito: central shaft was removed, re-boilered with new oil-burning boilers; 2521hp, 17.2kts; - 1 x 1 - 57/43; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 (temporarily for trials)

1897, Goito: - 5 - 350 TT; + 60 mines

1906, Goito: - 2 x 1 - 37/20, 3 x 5 - 37/20, 60 mines; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 H, 4 x 1 - 350 TT

1898, Montebello: - 2 x 1 - 57/40, 4 - 350 TT

1903, Montebello: was reboilered with 2 Pattison, 2 Yarrow and 2 Thornycroft boilers.

Naval service

The careers of Monzambano and Confienza were short. Goito was converted to a minelayer in 1897 when her IT were removed and provision was made for carrying 60 mines. Montebello was used as a TS for mechanics after 1898; in 1903 she was accordingly modified and reboilered with Pattison, Yarrow and Thornycroft watertube boilers, both coal and oil burners.