For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Minerva.
Minerva shortly after her launching, still incomplete
History
Italy
Name
Minerva
Namesake
Minerva
Builder
Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa
Laid down
1 February 1889
Launched
27 February 1892
Commissioned
20 August 1892
Fate
Scrapped 1921
General characteristics
Class and type
Partenope-class torpedo cruiser
Displacement
Normal: 833 long tons (846 t)
Length
73.1 m (239 ft 10 in)
Beam
8.22 m (27 ft)
Draft
3.48 m (11 ft 5 in)
Installed power
4 × locomotive boilers
3,884 to 4,422 ihp (2,896 to 3,297 kW)
Propulsion
2 × triple-expansion steam engines
2 × screw propellers
Speed
18.1 to 20.8 knots (33.5 to 38.5 km/h; 20.8 to 23.9 mph)
Complement
96–121
Armament
1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) gun
6 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
3 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
6 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armor
Deck: 1.6 in (41 mm)
Conning tower: 1.6 in
Minerva was a torpedo cruiser of the Partenope class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. The second of eight ships, Minerva was built by Gio. Ansaldo & C.; her keel was laid down in February 1889, she was launched in February 1892, and she was commissioned in August that year. Her main armament were her five torpedo tubes, which were supported by a battery of ten small-caliber guns. Minerva spent most of her career in the main Italian fleet, where she was primarily occupied with training exercises. She was converted into a minelayer in 1909–1910. She did not see significant action during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 or World War I in 1915–1918, though she was used to lay defensive minefields during the latter conflict. The ship was sold for scrap in 1921.
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