| Name: | GIOVANNI BAUSAN |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 21/08/1882 |
| Launched: | 15/12/1883 |
| Completed: | 09/05/1885 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 453 |
| Dimensions: | 3082disp, 280.0 x 42.0 x 18.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 2cyl, 6470ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.4knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 10.0ins, 6 x 1 x 5.9ins, 4 x 1 x 6.0pdr, 2 x 1 x 1.0pdr guns; |
| 3 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 09/05/1885 | Government of Italy |
| 03/1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Rated as "Ariete Torpediniere" or torpedo ram |
| 1899: 6 x 5.9ins guns replaced with 6 x 6.0ins QF guns | |
| 1914: Depot ship for seaplanes at Brindisi | |
| 07/1916: Completely disarmed | |
| 1919: Paid off | |
| 03/1920: Broken up |
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