| Italian cruiser Marco Polo | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Operators: |
 Regia Marina |
| Preceded by: | None |
| Succeeded by: | Vettor Pisani class |
| Career | |
| Name: | Marco Polo |
| Namesake: | Marco Polo |
| Builder: | Castellammare Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 7 January 1890 |
| Launched: | 27 October 1892 |
| Completed: | 21 July 1894 |
| Struck: | 5 January 1922 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1922? |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armored cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,511 tonnes (4,440 long tons) |
| Length: | 106.05 m (347 ft 11 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 14.67 m (48 ft 2 in) |
| Draft: | 5.88 m (19 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power: |
10,663 ihp (7,951 kW) 4 Scotch marine boilers |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Range: | 5,100 nmi (9,400 km; 5,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 315 or 402 |
| Armament: |
6 single 152 mm (6.0 in) guns 10 single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 9 single 57 mm (2.2 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 single 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns 5 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: |
Belt: 102 mm (4 in) Gun shields: 51 mm (2 in) Deck: 25 mm (1 in) Conning tower: 2 in (51 mm) |
Marco Polo was an armored cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1890s, the first of her type in Italian service.
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References[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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