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VETTOR PISANI armoured cruisers (1898 - 1899)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Carlo Alberto, 4.1918- Zenson     R. Arsenale di La Spezia 1.2.1892 23.9.1896 1.5.1898 TS 1907-1910, troop transport 4.1918, discarded 6.1920
Vettor Pisani     R. Arsenale di La Spezia 7.12.1892 14.8.1895 1.4.1899 repair ship 11.1916-11/1918, discarded 1.1920


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Carlo Alberto: 6397

Vettor Pisani: 6614

Displacement full, t

Carlo Alberto: 7057

Vettor Pisani: 7128

Length, m

99.0 pp 105.7 oa

Breadth, m

18.0

Draught, m

7.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

Carlo Alberto: 13219

Vettor Pisani: 13259

Max speed, kts

Carlo Alberto: 19.1

Vettor Pisani: 18.6

Fuel, t

coal 600 + oil 120

Endurance, nm(kts)

5400(10)

Armour, mm

Harvey; belt: 150, deck: 37, gunshields: 50, casemates: 150, CT: 150

Armament

Carlo Alberto: 12 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 6 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 2 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt No1, 14 x 1 - 57/40 H, 6 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 4 - 450 TT (beam)

Vettor Pisani: 12 x 1 - 152/40 A91, 4 x 1 - 120/40 A91, 2 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt No1, 14 x 1 - 57/40 H, 8 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94, 4 - 450 TT (beam)

Complement

486



Standard scale images


<i>Carlo Alberto </i>1898
Carlo Alberto 1898


Project history

Good ships, but deficient in heavy armament. Carlo Alberto which could be distinguished from her sister by the presence of a mainmast, was used from 1902 for Marconi's first long range radio experiments at sea. Both vessels were designed by Eng Insp Edoardo Masdea.

Ship protection

150mm belt protected full ship length and casemate, it was closed by 37mm deck.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1907-10 Carlo Alberto served as a TS for torpedo ratings and gunners, and in 1917 she began conversion, in Venice NYd, to a troop transport, the work being completed in 1917-18 in Taranto NYd. From 4.4.1918 she was renamed Zenson, being recommissioned on the same day. Vettor Pisani was used as repair ship from 1.11.1916 to 27.11.1918.