Italian cruiser Basilicata
Profile drawing of the Campania design | |
| History | |
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| Italy | |
| Name | Basilicata |
| Namesake | Region of Basilicata |
| Builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia |
| Laid down | 9 August 1913 |
| Launched | 23 July 1914 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk by boiler explosion, 13 August 1919, raised and scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Campania class |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Beam | 12.7 m (42 ft) |
| Draft | 5 m (16 ft) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Range | 1,850 nmi (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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Basilicata was a small protected cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1910s. She was the second and final member of the Campania class, along with the lead ship Campania. The Campania-class cruisers were intended for service in Italy's colonies, and so were given a heavy armament and designed to emphasize long cruising range over high speed. Basilicata's career was cut short in mid-1919 when one of her boilers exploded and sank her while in Tewfik, Egypt. The ship was raised in 1920 but deemed not worth repairing; she was sold for scrapping in July 1921.