Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto

Carlo Alberto at anchor
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name:	Carlo Alberto
Namesake:	Charles Albert of Sardinia
Builder:	Arsenale di La Spezia, La Spezia
Laid down:	1 February 1892
Launched:	23 September 1896
Completed:	1 May 1898
Renamed:	Zenson, 4 April 1918
Reclassified:	Troop transport, 4 April 1918
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 1920
General characteristics
Type:	Armored cruiser
Displacement:	6,397 t (6,296 long tons)
Length:	105.7 m (346 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Beam:	18.04 m (59 ft 2 in)
Draft:	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	13,000 ihp (9,700 kW) 8 Scotch marine boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range:	5,400 nmi (10,000 km; 6,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	500–504
Armament:	12 single 152 mm (6.0 in) guns 6 single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 14 single 57 mm (2.2 in) Hotchkiss guns 6 single 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns 4 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 6 in (150 mm) Gun shields: 51 mm (2 in) Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (6 in)

The Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto was the second of two Vettor Pisani-class armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. She was deployed overseas several times during her career, notably to the Far East and South America. The ship was used as a royal yacht by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in 1902, during which time she was used for radio experiments by Guglielmo Marconi. Carlo Alberto served as a training ship before the start of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12. During the war she supported Italian operations in Libya. The ship was virtually inactive during World War I and was converted into a troop transport in 1917–18. Carlo Alberto was stricken from the Navy List in 1920 and subsequently broken up for scrap.

Carlo Alberto had a length between perpendiculars of 99 meters (324 ft 10 in) and an overall length of 105.7 meters (346 ft 9 in). She had a beam of 18.04 meters (59 ft 2 in) and a draft of 7.2 meters (23 ft 7 in). The ship displaced 6,397 metric tons (6,296 long tons) at normal load, and 7,057 metric tons (6,946 long tons) at deep load. The Vettor Pisani-class ships had a complement of 28 officers and 472 to 476 enlisted men.

The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. Steam for the engines was supplied by eight Scotch marine boilers. Designed for a maximum output of 13,000 indicated horsepower (9,700 kW) and a speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph),Carlo Alberto barely exceeded her designed speed when she reached 19.1 knots (35.4 km/h; 22.0 mph) during her sea trials from 13,219 ihp (9,857 kW). She had a cruising radius of about 5,400 nautical miles (10,000 km; 6,200 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

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