Campania-class cruiser
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Campania class |
| Operators: |
 Regia Marina
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| Preceded by: | Nino Bixio class |
| Succeeded by: | None |
| Built: | 1913–1917 |
| In commission: | 1917–1937 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,187 t (3,137 long tons; 3,513 short tons) |
| Length: | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draft: | 5 m (16 ft) |
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| Speed: | 15.5 to 15.7 kn (28.7 to 29.1 km/h; 17.8 to 18.1 mph) |
| Range: | 1,850 nmi (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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The Campania class was a pair of small protected cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1910s. The two ships, Campania and Basilicata, were the last ships of that type built by the Regia Marina, as it had been superseded by more effective light cruisers. The Campania class was designed for use in Italy's overseas colonies, on the model of the old Calabria. Neither ship had a particularly eventful career. Basilicata was destroyed by a boiler explosion in 1919, two years after entering service, and was subsequently raised and scrapped. Campania remained in service for significantly longer, but she did not see action and ended her career as a training ship before being scrapped in 1937.
The ships of the Campania class were designed for use in Italy's overseas colonies and to serve as training ships for naval cadets. The design was based on the old cruiser Calabria, which had also been built as a colonial cruiser. They were small ships, at 76.8 meters (252 ft) long at the waterline and 83 m (272 ft) long overall. They had a beam of 12.7 m (42 ft) and a draft of 5 m (16 ft). They displaced 2,483 metric tons (2,444 long tons; 2,737 short tons) normally and up to 3,187 t (3,137 long tons; 3,513 short tons) at full load. The ships were fitted with a pair of pole masts equipped with spotting tops. They had a crew of 11 officers and 193 enlisted men, and were also capable of carrying 100 cadets, along with their officers, petty officers, staff, and equipment.
Their propulsion system consisted of a pair of vertical triple-expansion steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-fired, cylindrical fire-tube boilers. The boilers were trunked into a single funnel amidships. Campania's engines were rated at 5,001 indicated horsepower (3,729 kW) and produced a top speed of 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph), while Basilicata's produced only 4,129 ihp (3,079 kW) and 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph). The ships had a cruising radius of about 1,850 nautical miles (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).
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