NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Scilla			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	1873	10.10.1874	1876	discarded 5.1904
Cariddi			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	1873	22.3.1875	1876	wrecked 23.12.1900

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Scilla: 1059 Cariddi: 1084
Displacement full, t
Length, m	54.4 pp 57.7 wl
Breadth, m	8.72 - 8.76
Draught, m	4.25
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	Scilla: 826 Cariddi: 956
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 164/16 Palliser 3.54ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 120/20 Armstrong 1.26ton BLR, 2 x 1 - 75/21 Uchatius 29cwt No1 BLR, 2 x 1 - 25/41
Complement	136 - 139

Standard scale images

Project history

These two vessels underwent several changes during their careers. Originally barque-rigged and later barquentines.

Modernizations

1879, Scilla: - 2 x 1 - 75/21, 2 x 1 - 25/41; + 1 x 1 - 120/20 Armstrong 1.26ton BLR

1883, Scilla: + 2 x 1 - 57/43 N, 2 x 1 - 37/20 H corto

1883, Carridi: - 2 x 1 - 75/21, 2 x 1 - 25/41

1900, Scilla: - 1 x 1 - 164/16, 3 x 1 - 120/20, 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 57/43 N

1900, Carridi: - 1 x 1 - 164/16; + 4 x 1 - 57/43 N, 4 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo

Naval service

Cariddi was stranded 70nm N at Massawa (Red Sea) on 23.12.1900 and her wreck was sold.