Italian seaplane carrier Europa
Europa shortly after completing her conversion
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 Italy
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| Builder: | Charles Connell and Company, Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 222 |
| Launched: | 4 August 1895 |
| Acquired: | 6 February 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 6 October 1915 |
| Struck: | 1920 |
| Fate: | Broken up for scrap |
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| Beam: | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 5.8 to 8.6 m (19 ft 0 in to 28 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power: | 2,594 ihp (1,934 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 triple-expansion engine |
| Speed: | 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) |
| Armament: | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 8 × seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities: | 2 hangars |
Europa was a seaplane carrier of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Originally laid down as the merchant ship Manila, she was renamed Salacia in 1898, and then sold to German and then Italian shipping companies in 1911 and 1913, respectively. She became Quarto in 1913, and in February 1915 she was purchased by the Italian fleet, renamed Europa, and converted into a seaplane carrier with a capacity of eight seaplanes. She served as a seaplane base in Valona during World War I and supported the Allied response during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. She was quickly sold for scrap in 1920 after the war ended.
Europa was 119.5 meters (392 ft 1 in) long at the waterline and 123.1 m (403 ft 10 in) long overall. She had a beam of 14 m (45 ft 11 in). As a merchant ship, she had a gross register tonnage of 4,134 GRT, with a net tonnage of 2,636. After her conversion, she displaced 6,400 metric tons (6,300 long tons; 7,100 short tons) normally and up to 8,805 metric tons (8,666 long tons; 9,706 short tons) at full load. Her draft varied from 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) normally and 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) at full load.
The ship was powered by a single vertical triple-expansion engine. Steam was provided by coal-fired boilers trunked into two funnels located amidships, the number and type of which have not survived. Her propulsion system produced a top speed of 12.2 knots (22.6 km/h; 14.0 mph) from 2,594 indicated horsepower (1,934 kW).
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