 San Giovanni
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | San Giovanni |
| Operators |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Magenta |
| Completed | 1 |
| History | |
| Builder | Cantiere della Foce |
| Laid down | 1848 |
| Launched | 1849 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1878 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Corvette |
| Displacement | 1,752 long tons (1,780 t) |
| Length | 53 m (174 ft) loa |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Draft | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion | Full ship rig |
| Complement | 345 |
| Armament | 32 × guns |
| General characteristics (1862 refit) | |
| Type | Screw corvette |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range | 1,515 nautical miles (2,806 km; 1,743 mi) at 9 kn |
San Giovanni was a sail corvette built for the Royal Sardinian Navy in the late 1840s. In 1861, she was converted into a screw corvette by which time the unification of Italy had been largely completed. As a result, she served with the Italian Regia Marina when the work on the ship was finished. She was present for the Battle of Lissa in 1866 during the Third Italian War of Independence, though she did not engage the Austrian Navy in the battle. She was eventually laid up in 1875 and broken up for scrap in 1878.