Italian cruiser Vettor Pisani

Sister ship Carlo Alberto at anchor
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name:	Vettor Pisani
Namesake:	Vettor Pisani
Builder:	Regio Cantieri di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia
Laid down:	7 December 1892
Launched:	14 August 1895
Completed:	1 April 1899
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 1920
General characteristics
Type:	Vettor Pisani-class armored cruiser
Displacement:	6,614 t (6,510 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 4 single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 14 single 57 mm (2.2 in) Hotchkiss guns 8 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 Vettor Pisani was the name ship of her class of two armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. She often served as a flagship during her career and frequently served overseas. On one of these deployments, the ship received a radio message from Peking, one of the first long-range radio transmissions to a ship. Vettor Pisani participated in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12, during which her admiral nearly caused a diplomatic incident with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. During World War I, her activities were limited by the threat of Austro-Hungarian submarines and she was converted into a repair ship in 1916. Vettor Pisani was stricken from the Navy List in 1920 and scrapped later that year.

Vettor Pisani 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 6,614 metric tons (6,510 long tons) at normal load, and 7,128 metric tons (7,015 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 eightScotch 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),Vettor Pisani only reached a speed of 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) during her sea trials despite slightly exceeding her designed horsepower with 13,259 ihp (9,887 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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