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Maria Adelaide  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Maria Adelaide			Arsenale di Genova	8/1857	11.7.1859	1860 // 3.1861	stricken 4.1900

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3459
Displacement full, t	3543
Length, m	74.4 pp
Breadth, m	15.1
Draught, m	6.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 4 boilers
Power, h. p.	2255
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 380
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	22 x 1 - 200/9 ML howitzers, 10 x 1 - 164/15 Palliser 3.54ton MLR, 4 x 1 - 80/11 SBML (landing guns)
Complement	578

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Project history

Wooden screw frigate of Sardinian Navy, incorporated to Regia Marina in 1861 soon after completion.

Modernizations

1874: new armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 254/14 Armstrong 18.1ton MLR No2, 1 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.6ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 203/13 Armstrong 7ton MLR, 4 x 1 - 164/17 Palliser 5.12ton MLR, 14 x 1 - 164/16 Palliser 3.54ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 120/20 Armstrong 1.26ton BLR, 4 x 1 - 80/11 SBML (landing), 4 x 1 - 75/13 Uchatius 9.5cwt BL No2

1894: - 1 x 1 - 254/14, 14 x 1 - 164/16, 2 x 1 - 120/20, 4 x 1 - 80/11, 4 x 1 - 75/13; + 6 x 1 - 203/13 Armstrong 7ton MLR

Naval service

No significant events.