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Campania 1922  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Campania     Arsenale di Castellamare di Stabia 9.8.1913 23.7.1914 18.4.1917 stricken 3.1937
Basilicata     Arsenale di Castellamare di Stabia 9.8.1913 23.7.1914 1.8.1917 internal explosion 13.8.1919


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

2778

Displacement full, t

3187

Length, m

76.8 pp 83.0 oa

Breadth, m

12.7

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

Campania: 5000

Basilicata: 4129

Max speed, kts

Campania: 15.7

Basilicata: 15.5

Fuel, t

coal 500

Endurance, nm(kts)1850(10)
Armour, mm

deck: 25, CT: 50

Armament

6 x 1 - 152/40 A1899, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A1897, 3 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, 2 x 1 - 47/50 V1908, 2 x 1 - 8.80

Complement

204



Standard scale images


<i>Campania</i> 1918
Campania 1918


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<i>Campania</i> 1922  
Campania 1922  


Project history

So-called "colonial" cruisers: weak ships intending for service on colonial stations. Could be used and as training ships (had accommodations for 100 cadets). Project was developed on the basis of out-of-date Calabria. Battle value of these cruisers was insignificant.

Ship protection

Main protection consisted of deck with slopes.

Modernizations

1922, Campania: - 2 x 1 - 152/40

1930s, Campania: - 2 x 1 - 152/40

Naval service

Basilicata was sunk due to explosion of her boiler 13.8.1919 at Tawfik (Suez canal), refloated in September 1920 and discarded next year as non-repairable. Campania was reclassed as gunboat from July 1921 and served as TS from 1932.