 Amerigo Vespucci in December 1898
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Operators | Regia Marina (Royal Navy) |
| Preceded by | Flavio Gioia |
| Succeeded by | Cristoforo Colombo |
| Completed | 1 |
| History | |
| Builder | Venice Naval Yard |
| Laid down | 9 December 1879 |
| Launched | 31 July 1882 |
| Completed | 1 September 1884 |
| Fate | Discarded, 10 September 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw corvette |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 78 m (255 ft 11 in) pp |
| Beam | 12.78 m (41 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 5.48 m (18 ft) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.66 knots (25.30 km/h; 15.72 mph) |
| Complement | 268 |
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Amerigo Vespucci was a screw corvette of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the late 1870s and early 1880s.