Italian cruiser Nino Bixio
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| Laid down: | 15 February 1911 |
| Launched: | 30 December 1911 |
| Commissioned: | 5 May 1914 |
| Struck: | 15 March 1929 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1929 |
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| Class and type: | Nino Bixio class |
| Displacement: | 4,141 t (4,076 long tons; 4,565 short tons) |
| Length: | 140.3 m (460 ft) |
| Beam: | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.1 m (13 ft) |
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| Propulsion: | 3-shaft Curtiss steam turbines |
| Speed: | 26.82 knots (49.67 km/h; 30.86 mph) |
| Range: | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
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Nino Bixio was a protected cruiser built by the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the early 1910s. She was the lead ship of the Nino Bixio class, which were built as scouts for the main Italian fleet. She was equipped with a main battery of six 120-millimeter (4.7 in) guns and had a top speed in excess of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph), but her engines proved to be troublesome in service. Nino Bixio saw service during World War I and briefly engaged the Austro-Hungarian cruiser SMS Helgoland in 1915. Her career was cut short in the post-war period due to severe cuts to the Italian naval budget, coupled with her unreliable engines. Nino Bixio was stricken from the naval register in March 1929 and sold for scrap.
Nino Bixio was 140.3 meters (460 ft) long at the waterline, with a beam of 13 m (43 ft) and a draft of 4.1 m (13 ft). She displaced up to 4,141 metric tons (4,076 long tons; 4,565 short tons) at full load. Her crew consisted 13 officers and 283 enlisted men. The ship's propulsion system consisted of three Curtiss steam turbines, each driving a screw propeller. Steam was provided by fourteen mixed coal and oil firing Blechynden boilers. The engines were rated at 23,000 shaft horsepower (17,000 kW) for a top speed of 26.82 knots (49.67 km/h; 30.86 mph). She had a range of 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at a cruising speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).
The ship was armed with a main battery of six 120 mm (4.7 in) L/50 guns mounted singly. She was also equipped with six 76 mm (3.0 in) L/50 guns and two 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes. Nino Bixio was only lightly armored, with a 38 mm (1.5 in) thick deck, and 100 mm (3.9 in) thick plating on her main conning tower.
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