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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