Italian cruiser Dogali
Dogali, date unknown
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| Preceded by: | Etna class |
| Succeeded by: | Piemonte |
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| Name: | Dogali |
| Laid down: | 13 February 1885 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1885 |
| Commissioned: | 28 April 1887 |
| Fate: | Sold to Uruguay, January 1908 |
 Uruguay
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| Acquired: | January 1908 |
| Commissioned: | 28 April 1887 |
| Out of service: | 1914 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1932 |
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| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 2,050 t (2,020 long tons; 2,260 short tons) |
| Length: | 76.2 m (250 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.28 m (37.0 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.42 m (14.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft triple expansion engines |
| Speed: | 17.68 knots (32.74 km/h; 20.35 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 224–247 |
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Dogali was a unique protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. Notably, she was the first warship equipped with triple-expansion engines. The ship was originally ordered by the Greek Navy and named Salamis, but she was sold to the Regia Marina before she was completed and renamed for the Battle of Dogali. She was armed with a main battery of six 15-centimeter (5.9 in) guns and reached a speed of 19.66 knots (36.41 km/h; 22.62 mph) on her sea trials, making her one of the fastest cruisers at the time.
Dogali's career was uneventful; she served with the main Italian fleet for the first few years of her career and visited the United States in 1893 for the start of the World's Columbian Exposition. In January 1908, the ship was sold to Uruguay and renamed 25 de Agosto and later Montevideo. In 1914, the cruiser was withdrawn from service, but she was not disposed of until 1932 when she was sold for scrap.
Dogali was designed by the British naval architect William Henry White and built at the Armstrong Whitworth shipyard at Elswick. The ship was 76.2 meters (250 ft) long and had a beam of 11.28 m (37.0 ft) and a draft of 4.42 m (14.5 ft). She displaced 2,050 metric tons (2,020 long tons; 2,260 short tons). The ship was fitted with two pole masts, and originally, a sailing rig that was later removed. Revolving, armored spotting tops were mounted on the masts. She had a crew of 224 officers and enlisted men, though this was later increased to 247.
Dogali was powered by two-shaft triple-expansion engines, the first set of this kind of machinery ever installed in a warship. Steam for the engines was provided by four coal-fired cylindrical fire-tube boilers that were trunked into two funnels on the centerline. The engines were rated at 5,012 indicated horsepower (3,737 kW) and could produce a top speed of 17.68 knots (32.74 km/h; 20.35 mph), though on trials her engines reached 7,179 ihp (5,353 kW) and 19.66 knots (36.41 km/h; 22.62 mph). Dogali had a cruising radius of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). At the time of her commissioning, Dogali was among the fastest cruisers in the world.
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