“Giuseppe Miraglia” ( Italian: Giuseppe Miraglia ) - hydro- air transport of the Italian Royal Navy . Laid down in 1921 as the Citta di Messina railway ferry, and shortly after launching in December 1923, was purchased by the Italian government for conversion to air transport.
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| Class and type of vessel | Hydroaviation |
| Organization | Royal Navy of Italy |
| Manufacturer | Marina Arsenal , La Spezia |
| Construction started | conversion to hydraulic transport began on January 24, 1925 |
| Launched | December 20, 1923 |
| Commissioned | November 1, 1927 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | July 15, 1950 |
| Status | disassembled for metal |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | Standard 4880 t full - 5913 t |
| Length | 115 / 121.2 m |
| Width | 15 m |
| Draft | 5.3 m |
| Engines | 2 TZA Parsons , 8 pcs Yarrow , 2 shaft |
| Power | 12 000 liters from. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km / h ) |
| Crew | 196 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4 × 1 - 102 mm / 35 |
| Aviation group | 2 catapults, 20 seaplanes |
Content
- 1 Construction
- 2 Air Group
- 3 Service
- 4 Sources
Build
Re-equipment was started on January 24, 1925. A large hangar was built in the central part of the ship's hull; superstructures and two chimneys were located above the hangar. The roof of the hangar was a kind of flight deck, used for pre-flight preparation of aircraft.
Air Group
In total, the ship could take on board up to twenty seaplanes, which were launched using two catapults . Catapults were located in the bow and stern of the ship. After landing on water, seaplanes boarded using cranes through special side gates in the walls of the hangar.
Service
"Giuseppe Miralia" participated in the operations of the fleet during the Italo-Ethiopian war and the civil war in Spain . With the outbreak of World War II it was used as a training ship, after September 1943 - as a floating base of Italian submarines in Malta . After the war, it was used to transport Italian prisoners of war, then as a floating barracks in Taranto . Sent for scrap in 1950.
Sources
- Dashyan A.V., Patyanin S.V., Mityukov N.V., Drum M.S. Fleets of the Second World War. - M .: “Yauza”, “Collection”, “Eksmo”, 2009. - 608 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-33872-6 .