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''Giuseppe Miraglia'' participated in the [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]] and the [[Spanish Civil War]]. During [[World War II]], after surviving the [[Battle of Taranto]], she was employed in the Mediterranean theatre. After the [[Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces|Armistice]] she sailed (along with much of the Italian fleet) to [[Malta]] for internment. |
''Giuseppe Miraglia'' participated in the [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]] and the [[Spanish Civil War]]. During [[World War II]], after surviving the [[Battle of Taranto]], she was employed in the Mediterranean theatre. After the [[Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces|Armistice]] she sailed (along with much of the Italian fleet) to [[Malta]] for internment. |
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After the British motor torpedo boat depot ship [[HMS Vienna (929)|HMS ''Vienna'']] was straddled by bombs and damaged beyond repair during the [[Air raid on Bari|Luftwaffe bombing raid on the Italian port of Bari]] on December |
After the British motor torpedo boat depot ship [[HMS Vienna (929)|HMS ''Vienna'']] was straddled by bombs and damaged beyond repair during the [[Air raid on Bari|Luftwaffe bombing raid on the Italian port of Bari]] on December 2, 1943 and the subsequent mustard gas disaster, the ''Giuseppe Miraglia'' was impressed by the Royal Navy as temporary replacement.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} |
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After the war ''Giuseppe Miraglia'' was used to repatriate Italian prisoners-of-war, then spent the rest of her career as a barrack ship and workshop at Taranto until her scrapping in 1950.<ref name="Warship"/> |
After the war ''Giuseppe Miraglia'' was used to repatriate Italian prisoners-of-war, then spent the rest of her career as a barrack ship and workshop at Taranto until her scrapping in 1950.<ref name="Warship"/> |
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Revision as of 19:08, 22 September 2015
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| Name | Giuseppe Miraglia |
| Builder | Regio Arsenale della Spezia |
| Laid down | 5 March 1921 |
| Launched | 20 December 1923 |
| Commissioned | 1 November 1927 |
| Stricken | 15 July 1950 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
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| Class and type | seaplane tender |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 5,400 tonnes normal 5,913 tonnes full |
| Length | 121.22 m |
| Beam | 14.99 m |
| Draught | 5.82 m |
| Propulsion | 2 Parsons steam turbines with 8 Yarrow boilers, 2 shafts, 16,700 shp |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
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| Aircraft carried | 17 seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 2 catapults |
Giuseppe Miraglia was an Italian seaplane carrier.
History
Giuseppe Miraglia was laid down in 1921 as the train ferry Città di Messina, intended for use by the Italian State Railway Company, but was acquired by the Regia Marina soon after her launch in 1923. Works to convert her into a seaplane carrier began immediately; in 1925, with the ship nearly complete, Giuseppe Miraglia capsized during a storm. Salvaged under the direction of Giuseppe Pugliese, she was repaired and commissioned in November 1927.[1]
Giuseppe Miraglia participated in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, after surviving the Battle of Taranto, she was employed in the Mediterranean theatre. After the Armistice she sailed (along with much of the Italian fleet) to Malta for internment.
After the British motor torpedo boat depot ship HMS Vienna was straddled by bombs and damaged beyond repair during the Luftwaffe bombing raid on the Italian port of Bari on December 2, 1943 and the subsequent mustard gas disaster, the Giuseppe Miraglia was impressed by the Royal Navy as temporary replacement.[citation needed]
After the war Giuseppe Miraglia was used to repatriate Italian prisoners-of-war, then spent the rest of her career as a barrack ship and workshop at Taranto until her scrapping in 1950.[1]
Aircraft facilities
Giuseppe Miraglia could carry some 17 seaplanes (originally Macchi M.18, later IMAM Ro.43), and was equipped with two catapults. Seaplanes could be retrieved by means of large doors and cranes at the sides of the hangar.