Name: | DOGALI launched as SALAMIS |
Type: | Cruiser |
Keel: | 02/1885 |
Launched: | 23/12/1885 |
Completed: | 28/04/1887 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 482 |
Dimensions: | 2050disp, 250.0 x 37.0 x 14.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (30, 45 & 73 x ?ins), 7500ihp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 6 x 1 x 15.2cm, 9 x 1 x 5.7cm guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
28/04/1887 | Italian Navy |
16/01/1908 | Uruguay Navy; renamed MONTEVIDEO |
1932 | Broken up |
Comments: | Ordered for the Greek Government but cancelled due to financial pressures |
16/02/1887: Sold to Italy for £156,000 and to be named ANGELO EMO | |
28/04/1887: Name changed to DOGALI | |
16/01/1908: Originally to be named 24 DE AGOSTO | |
1914: Disarmed and used as a training ship |
Above photo as DOGALI courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MONTEVIDEO courtesy of Navie Armatori
Engines of the DOGALI, photo courtesy of The Engineer