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'MESSAGGIERE'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall.
Yard No.
Launched:May 1863
Tonnage:1,062 BM - 981 displacement
Length:240 . 0 feet.
Breadth:30 . 0 feet.
Depth:15 . 0 feet
Machinery:Oscillating one cylinder 71 x 60 by J. Penn & Sons, Greenwich. 1681 lhp. 40 rpm. 4 Rectangular boilers. 30 psi.
Decks:
Built of:Wood
Type:Paddle despatch vessel - 3 masted schooner rig.
Registered:
Off Number:
Built for:Italian Navy
Other info:
History:1873. The armament was 2 x 75mm
1885. Discarded.
1885. Converted to depot ship. Machinery transferred to a new 'Messaggiere' built by Odero, Sestri Ponente.



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