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Brindisi

Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:37 pm
by john sefton
BRINDISI, Cruiser which carried the King of Italy to Fiume, March 16 1924. Built at Fiume, 1914. Displacement 3,500 tons. Length waterline, 420 ft. Beam 42' 0". Draught
15' 0". Overall length 424' 0". Nine 4.1-inch guns, two 12-pdr. Four 17-inch torpedo tubes. 27 knots. Ex-HELGO¬LAND of Austrian Navy. Ceded to Italy in 1920.

EW Argyle Log Book May 1972

Italy, 1934,SG400).

Re: Brindisi

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:45 am
by FrenchShips
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 3,380 tons (designed)
4010 tons (full load)
Length: 130.64 m (428.6 ft)
Beam: 12.79 m (42.0 ft)
Draught: 5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion: 2 shafts
16 x Yarrow boilers, 6 x Parsons steam turbines
30,178 shp (22,504 kW)
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement: 340
Armament: 9 × 10 cm (3.9 in) guns
1 × 7 cm (2.8 in) gun
6 × 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
Armour: Belt 60mm
Deck 20mm
gun shields 40mm - 8mm
conning tower 50 mm

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novara_class_cruiser