Vettor Pisani-class cruiser
Carlo Alberto at anchor
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Vettor Pisani |
| Operators: |
 Regia Marina
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| Preceded by: | Marco Polo |
| Succeeded by: | Giuseppe Garibaldi class |
| Built: | 1892–99 |
| In service: | 1898–1920 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armored cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,397–6,614 t (6,296–6,510 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) |
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| 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 |
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The Vettor Pisani class consisted of two armoured cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. The two ships of the class, Vettor Pisani and Carlo Alberto, were frequently deployed overseas during their careers. The former served in the Far East during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 while the latter was involved in pioneering long-range radio experiments several years later before deploying to South American waters. Carlo Alberto then served as a training ship for several years. Both ships participated in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 and played minor roles in World War I, during which time Carlo Alberto was converted into a troop transport and Vettor Pisani into a repair ship. They were both discarded in 1920 and subsequently scrapped.
The ships of the class had a length between perpendiculars of 99 meters (324 ft 10 in) and an overall length of 105.7 meters (346 ft 9 in). They had a beam of 18.04 meters (59 ft 2 in) and a draft of 7.2 meters (23 ft 7 in). They displaced 6,397–6,614 metric tons (6,296–6,510 long tons) at normal load, and 7,057–7,128 metric tons (6,946–7,015 long tons) at deep load. The Vettor Pisani class had a complement of 28 officers and 472 to 476 enlisted men.
The ships were powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft. Steam for the engines was supplied by eightScotch marine boilers and their exhausts were trunked into a pair of funnels amidships. Designed for a maximum output of 13,000 indicated horsepower (9,700 kW) and a speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), both ships exceeded their designed power during their sea trials although only Carlo Alberto met her designed speed. The two 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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