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Vasco da Gama before reconstruction

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vasco da Gama			Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, UK	1874	1.12.1875	1876	disarmed 1933

Technical data

Data variant	as completed	1903 reconstruction
Displacement normal, t	2384	2972
Displacement full, t		3200
Length, m	61.0 pp	70.9 pp
Breadth, m	14.2 over battery, 12.2 wl	12.2
Draught, m	5.79 max	6.27 max
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 VC	2 VTE, Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	3000	6000
Max speed, kts	10.3	15.5
Fuel, t	coal 300	coal 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(9)	2500(9)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 229 - 102, battery: 254 - 152	steel; belt: 250 - 100, deck: 75, shields: 200
Armament	2 x 1 - 263/18 RK L/20 C/74, 1 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/22 C/75, 4 x 1 - 67/40 Krupp	2 x 1 - 203/40 A(tr)20.3/40, 1 x 1 - 152/45 A(tr)15/45, 1 x 1 - 76/40 A(tr)76/40, 6 x 1 - 47/40 H(tr)47/40
Complement	232	260

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Project history

Casemate ironclad. To the beginning of WWI ship had no battle value. Before reconstruction she was barquentine rigged. 26cm guns were placed in a raised battery and 15cm gun was installed aft.

Ship protection

 Main 229-102mm belt was complete. Also main battery was only protected by 254-152mm iron.

Ship protection after modernization:Main 250-100mm belt was complete and was covered by 75mm main deck over machinery. Main guns were installed in sponsons and protected by 200mm shields. Also CT was protected.

Modernizations

(1901-1903, Orlando, Leghorn): ship was drastically reconstructed, the hull was cut in half and lengthened. New data was as given in the table.

1922: - 1 x 1 - 203/40, 1 x 1 - 76/40; + 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV

Naval service

Vasco da Gama was disarmed in 1933 and in 1935 discarded and sold.