Italian cruiser Varese

Varese in October 1904
History
Regia MarinaKingdom of Italy
Name:	Varese
Namesake:	Battle of Varese
Builder:	Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Laid down:	21 April 1898
Launched:	6 August 1899
Completed:	5 April 1901
Reclassified:	As training ship, 1920
Struck:	4 January 1923
General characteristics
Class and type:	Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser
Displacement:	7,350 metric tons (7,234 long tons)
Length:	111.8 m (366 ft 10 in)
Beam:	18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draft:	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	13,500 ihp (10,100 kW) 24 Belleville boilers
Propulsion:	2 Shafts 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	555 officers and enlisted men (578 as flagship)
Armament:	1 × single 254 mm (10 in) gun 1 × twin 203 mm (8 in) guns 14 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns 10 × single 76 mm (3 in) guns 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in) Deck: 38 mm (1.5 in) Gun turrets: 150 mm Conning tower: 150 mm Gun shields: 50 mm (2.0 in)

Varese was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. The ship made several deployments to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant before the start of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12. She supported ground forces in the occupations of Tripoli and Homs in Libya. Varese may have bombarded Beirut and did bombard the defenses of the Dardanelles during the war. She also provided naval gunfire support for the Italian Army in Libya. During World War I, the ship's activities were limited by the threat of Austro-Hungarian submarines and Varese became a training ship in 1920. She was struck from the naval register in 1923 and subsequently scrapped.

Varese had an overall length of 111.8 meters (366 ft 10 in), a beam of 18.2 meters (59 ft 9 in) and a deep draft (ship) of 7.3 meters (23 ft 11 in). She displaced 7,350 metric tons (7,230 long tons) at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from 24 coal-fired Belleville boilers. The engines were rated 13,500 indicated horsepower (10,100 kW) and designed to give a speed of approximately 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). During her sea trials on 27 November 1900, Varese barely exceeded her designed speed, reaching 20.02 knots from 14,200 ihp (10,600 kW). She had a cruising range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Her complement ordinarily consisted of 555 officers and enlisted men and 578 when acting as a flagship.