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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

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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 Project was developed on the basis of out-of-date Calabria.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.