 Monzambanoshortly after entering service in 1889
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Monzambano |
| Builder | Arsenale di La Spezia |
| Laid down | 25 August 1885 |
| Launched | 14 March 1888 |
| Commissioned | 11 August 1889 |
| Stricken | 26 August 1901 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1901 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Goito-class torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | 856 long tons (870 t) |
| Length | 73.4 m (241 ft) |
| Beam | 7.88 m (25.9 ft) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 105–121 |
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| Armor | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) |
Monzambano was a torpedo cruiser of the Goito class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. The ship was built at the Arsenale di La Spezia, beginning with her keel laying in August 1885 and ending with her completion in August 1889. She was armed with a variety of light guns and five 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes, and was capable of a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The ship spent her career in the main Italian fleet conducting training exercises, and did not see action. She spent 1898 patrolling the eastern Mediterranean Sea with the Levant Squadron. Monzambano was withdrawn from service in 1901 and broken up for scrap that year.