Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Hellenic Navy — Cruiser class

Pisa-class cruiser

Pisa

The class in numbers

  • 3 Completed
  • 1 Lost
  • 1 Scrapped
  • 1 Preserved

Design and service

Type
Cruiser
Navy
Hellenic Navy
Built
1905–1909
In commission
1909–1952
Succeeded by
San Giorgio-class cruiser
Builders
  • Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando
  • Cantieri navali Odero
Subclasses
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, standard
9,677 long tons (9,832 t)
Length
140.5 m (461 ft) OA
Speed
23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
Complement
32
Main gun
254 mm (10 in)
Armament
  • 2 × twin 254 mm guns or 234 mm (9.2 in) guns
  • 4 × twin 190 mm guns
  • 16 × single 76 mm guns
  • 8 × or 4 × single 47 mm guns
  • 3 × 450 mm torpedo tubes

Roster

Holding 1 of the 3 hulls recorded for this class. Vessels transferred to another navy are catalogued under the navy that sailed them and appear there instead.

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof 1911 Preserved

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Pisa-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.