Carlo Alberto / Zenson (Vettor Pisani Class)


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Laid down 1st February 1892
Launched 23rd September 1896
Completed 1st May 1898
Commissioned N/A
Fate Sold for scrapping:
12th June 1920
Builders Royal Naval Yard, La Spezia
Italy
Complement 476
Dimensions
Displacement 6500 tons std
7160 tons max
Dimensions 346' 8" x 59' 2"
Draught 23' 6"
Armament
Main guns 12 x 6"
Secondary guns 6 x 4.7"
Torpedo tubes 4 x 17.7"
Other weapons 14 x 57mm
6 x 37mm
2 x 75mm field guns
Countermeasures N/A
Armour Belt: 5.9"
Deck: 1.4"
Gun shields: 1.9"
C.T.: 5.9"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 8 x boilers
2 x vertical triple expansion
Power output 13259ihp
Speed 19.5kts
Shafts 2
Range 5400NM @ 10kts
Fuel N/A

In 1917, Carlo Alberto was converted to a troop transport at Venice Navy Yard, the work being completed at Taranto. She recommissioned on 4th April 1918 with the new name of Zenson.

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