Italian frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi


The Garibaldi in the Bay of Naples
The Garibaldi in the Bay of Naples
History
Naples
NameBorbone
NamesakeHouse of Bourbon
BuilderRoyal shipyard, Castellammare di Stabia[1]
Cost2,363,000 lira[1]
Laid down1 August 1857[1]
Launched18 January 1860[1]
Commissioned10 July 1860[1]
FateTransferred to the Kingdom of Italy, 7 September 1860[1]
Italy
NameGiuseppe Garibaldi
NamesakeGiuseppe Garibaldi
Commissioned1860
Decommissioned1870
Recommissioned1872
Decommissioned1894
Fate
  • Disarmed, converted to a hospital ship and renamed Saati, 1893
  • Sold for scrapping, 1899[2]
General characteristics [1]
TypeScrew frigate
Displacement
  • 3,680 long tons (3,739 t) standard
  • 3,980 long tons (4,044 t) full load
Length
  • 68.20 m (223 ft 9 in) o/a
  • 65.9 m (216 ft 2 in) p/p
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Propulsion
Sail plan
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement658
Armament
  • As built:[2]
  • 8 × 160-pounder rifles
  • 12 × 72-pounder smoothbore guns
  • 26 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns
  • 4 × 80-pounder smoothbore guns
  • from 1861:
  • 1 × 117-pdr smoothbore cannon
  • 2 × 30-pdr smoothbore guns
  • 10 × 60-pdr rifles
  • 24 × 30-pdr smoothbore guns
  • 18 × 80-pdr smoothbore guns
  • from 1866:
  • 16 × 200 mm (7.9 in) smoothbore guns
  • 12 × 160 mm (6.3 in) smoothbore guns
  • 4 × 160 mm (6.3 in) rifles
  • from 1871:
  • 8 × 160 mm (6.3 in) rifles
  • 4 × 80 mm (3.1 in) cannon
  • 4 × 75 mm (3.0 in) cannon
ArmourNone

The Italian frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi was a steam frigate of the Regia Marina of Italy. It was the first ship to be named after General Giuseppe Garibaldi.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "BORBONA / GARIBALDI (1860)". agenziabozzo.it (in Italian). 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Il naviglio borbonico varato a Castellammare (pirofregata Borbona, 1860)". liberoricercatore.it (in Italian). 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.