Italian cruiser Cesare Rossarol
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Cesare Rossarol was an Italian scout cruiser.[N 1] Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1915, she served during World War I, participating in the Adriatic campaign until she was sunk in 1918.
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Cesare Rossarol |
Namesake | Cesare Rossarol (1809–1849), Italian soldier and patriot |
Operator | Regia Marina (Royal Navy) |
Builder | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy |
Laid down | 30 June 1913 |
Launched | 15 August 1914 |
Commissioned | 1 August 1915 |
Fate | Sunk 16 November 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Alessandro Poerio-class scout cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 85 m (278 ft 10 in)[2] |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 3.11 metres (10 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion | 2 Belluzzo steam turbines, 24,000 hp (17,897 kW), Yarrow Type 3 three-drum water-tube boilers, 2 shafts[1] |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[1] |
Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Crew | 109[1] |
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Like her sister ships, Alessandro Poerio and Guglielmo Pepe, she was named after a famous Neapolitan light cavalryman who helped defend Venice from attacks by the Imperial Austrian Army during the revolutions in 1848.[1][3]