Protected Cruisers: RM Giovanni Bausan

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Brian James
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Protected Cruisers: RM Giovanni Bausan

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Protected Cruiser RM Giovanni Bausan pictured at the International Columbian Naval Review at New York in April 1893.She was built at Sir W G Armstrong & Mitchell Company Shipyards,Elswick,Newcastle-upon Tyne in 1883,she was armed with a main battery of two 10-inch guns to give her the ability to defeat heavy armour and was based on that of Elswick's earlier Esmeralda, built for Chile and designed by George Rendel, and was the first modern Protected Cruiser constructed for the Italian Navy.
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Etna Class Protected Cruiser RM Giovanni Bausan pictured off Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company Shipyards at Elswick,Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1885.Her officers posing with one of the Shipyard managers on commissioning day,May 9th 1885.....From 1905,she served as a Training Ship for stokers and mechanics until the outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War in 1912.Returning to active duty as Flagship Cyrenaica, she served in the shore bombardment role until the end of the war, when she was again returned to second-line service as a distilling ship.Fitted with four distillers and capable of producing 200 tons of fresh water every 24 hours, she was operating in this role at the start of the First World War. Because of the pressing need for artillery for service with the army,she was partially disarmed in 1915, losing her 10-inch guns and two of the 6-inch pieces. Later in the war, the rest of her armament was removed.She was reassigned for service as a Seaplane Depot Ship at Brindisi.Decommissioned in 1919,she was sold for scrap in March 1920 and broken up soon after.
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Etna Class Protected Cruiser RM Giovanni Bausan pictured off New York in 1892. She was built at Sir W G Armstrong Mitchell & Co Shipyards at Elswick in 1883,she was the first foreign warship to be repaired at Brooklyn Navy Yards in 15 years.
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