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Liguria 1899

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Umbria			Orlando, Livorno	1.8.1888	23.4.1891	16.2.1894	discarded 7.1909, to Haiti 1911 (Ferrier)
Lombardia			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	19.11.1888	12.7.1890	16.2.1893	discarded 7.1920
Etruria			Orlando, Livorno	1.4.1889	23.4.1891	11.7.1894	sunk 13.8.1918
Liguria			Ansaldo, Genoa	1.7.1889	8.6.1893	1.12.1894	balloon ship 1908, cruiser 1911, discarded 5.1921
Elba			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	22.9.1890	12.8.1893	27.2.1896	balloon ship 1907, seaplane carrier 6.1914, discarded 1.1920
Puglia			R. Arsenale di Taranto	10.1893	22.9.1898	26.5.1901	minelayer 7.1916, discarded 3.1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Lombardia: 2389 Umbria: 2245 Etruria: 2281 Liguria: 2281 Elba: 2732 Puglia: 2538
Displacement full, t	Lombardia: 2750 Umbria: 2411 Etruria: 2450 Liguria: 2460 Elba: 2950 Puglia: 3096
Length, m	Umbria, Lombardia, Etruria, Liguria: 80.0 pp 84.8 oa Elba: 83.2 pp 88.2 oa Puglia: 83.2 pp 88.3 oa
Breadth, m	Umbria, Lombardia, Etruria, Liguria: 12.0 Elba: 12.7 Puglia: 12.1
Draught, m	Umbria: 5.35 Lombardia, Etruria: 4.87 Liguria: 4.67 Elba: 4.86 Puglia: 5.45
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers Puglia: 2 VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Lombardia: 6842 Umbria: 7104 Etruria: 7585 Liguria: 7677 Elba: 7471 Puglia: 7000
Max speed, kts	Lombardia: 17 Umbria: 18.8 Etrurua: 19.8 Liguria: 19.6 Elba: 17.9 Puglia: 19
Fuel, t	coal 430
Endurance, nm(kts)	2100(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 50, CT: 50 Puglia: deck: 25, CT: 50
Armament	Umbria: 4 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 1 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt BL No1, 7 x 1 - 57/40 H, 9 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Lombardia: 4 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 10 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Etruria, Liguria: 4 x 1 - 152/40 A90, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Elba: 4 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/40 H, 6 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 450 TT (beam) Puglia: 4 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	213 - 278

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Project history

These ships, designed by Chief Eng Edoardo Masdea and originally fitted with a 2-masted fore and aft rig, proved unsuccessful, lacking both protection and speed, but they saw considerable service in difficult conditions.

Ship protection

There was a sloping protective deck.

Modernizations

1905, Umbria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 1 x 1 - 75/21, 9 x 1 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 1 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo

1905, Lombardia: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 8 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo

1905, Etruria, Liguria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo

1905, Elba: - 2 x 1 - 152/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 2 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo

1905, Puglia: - 4 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20, 2 - 450 TT

1914, Liguria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20

1914, Elba: + 3 seaplanes

1915, Lombardia: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20

1915, Etruria: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 2 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20

1915, Elba: - 2 x 1 - 152/40, 2 x 1 - 120/40, 8 x 1 - 57/40, 6 x 1 - 37/20

1916, Puglia as minelayer: - 6 x 1 - 120/40, 6 x 1 - 57/40, 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 7 x 1 - 76/40 A1916, 1 x 1 - 40/39 V,T1915, 1 x 1 - 37/43 V1914, mines

1917, Liguria as minelayer: - 2 x 1 - 120/40, 8 x 1 - 57/40; + mines

Naval service

 Umbria in 1911 was sold to Haiti, renamed Ferrier, and on passage to America foundered because of inexperience of new crew. All cruisers differed under the characteristics a little and were repeatedly rearmed. Elba since June, 1914 served as seaplane tender, Lombardia in 1908 became submarine tender. Liguria and Puglia in 1916-1917 were converted to minelayers. Etruria was lost 13.8.1918 at Leghorn as a result of explosion of the barge with ammunition, moored aside.