Italian cruiser Varese

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Varese in October 1904
Career (Italy)  Regia Marina
Name: Varese
Builder: Orlando, Livorno
Laid down: 21 April 1898
Launched: 6 August 1899
Completed: 5 April 1901
Struck: 4 January 1923
General characteristics
Class & type: Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser
Displacement: 7,234 long tons (7,350 t)
Length: 366 ft 2 in (111.6 m)
Beam: 59 ft 10 in (18.2 m)
Draught: 23 ft 3 in (7.1 m)
Installed power: 13,655–14,713 indicated horsepower (10,183–10,971 kW)
Propulsion: vertical triple-expansion steam engines
24 boilers
Speed: 19–20 knots (35–37 km/h; 22–23 mph)
Complement: 510-559
Armament:

1 × 1 - Armstrong 10-inch (254 mm) guns
1 × 2 - 8-inch (203 mm) guns
14 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns
10 × 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) guns
6 × 1 - 47-millimeter (2 in) guns

4 × 1 - 17.7-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour: Belt: 4.8 in (122 mm)
Deck (ship)s: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Gun turrets: 4.8 in (122 mm)
Conning tower: 4.8 in (122 mm)

Varese was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser of Italy's Regia Marina. The ship was launched on 6 August 1899 and served the Regia Marina until she was stricken on 4 January 1923.

References

  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866. 


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