RN Pisa - Guide 228

The Pisa class, armoured cruisers of the Italian Navy, are today's subject.

Read more about the ship here:
The Navy League Annual - 1907

Next on the list:
HMS Inflexible (1876)
German S-90
HMVS Cerberus,
USS Minneapolis, CA-36
USS Long Beach
SMS Lutzow
HMS Sovereign of the Seas
SS Great Eastern
Pinguin
German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis
Project 24 Sovetsky Soyuz class Battleship
PT Boats
Z Class
Cleveland class
SM U-156
Boston class
Des Moines Heavy cruisers.
Hydra Class Ironclads
Audacious class CV's
Malta class
Hunt class
Tennessee-class cruiser
The Merrimack and Mersey class of frigates
Henri IV
USS Marblehead
HMS Caroline
Ships of Battle of Campeche

[ovk-ihzp]

I admit, the Regina Marina was a collection of inventive bastards. They would try ANYTHING at least once!

[KRFTWRK]

What a pretty ship! I love how pronounced the ram bow is on this one. The design also seems fairly balanced.

[ryangale]

I must say, aesthetically, the Pisa-class are probably the best looking armoured cruisers ever made in my opinion. The Italians really had a knack for building good-looking ships, didn't they?

[michaelkaylor]

An actual 5 min 5-minute guide, Drach must have been under the weather when researching!

[waverleyjournalise]

"If the secondaries on both sides of your ship are firing, you're probably in trouble"

[crayonmuncher]

Good stuff drach, I know you probably have a huge backlog of requests but at some point maybe you could do a cohesive history of torpedo protection?

[SeveralWeezelsInaTrenchcoat]

Drach you put the description of the Garibaldi class in the video description

[gregghelmberger]

Oh those pretty, pretty Italian ships.

[bobs]

Every time I heard you say "Blücher", I expected to hear horses whinnying (ala Young Frankenstein)

[rudolfschrenk]

A Pisa without a tilted tower? Shocking, truly shocking!

[migeary]

Averof surely had a more interesting career than her sister ships, becoming a legend for the Greek Navy, as it single handedly defeated the Ottoman fleet in action, during the Balkan wars not once, but twice. Went on to serve albeit in a limited role in WW2 as well and is nicely preserved as a museum ship, with honorary active status in Greece. A good opportunity for warship enthusiasts to visit a true Armored cruiser of that era, if they find themselves in the country.

[Riccardo_Silva]

Yuupeee! A Drach's vid! Let's watch it! 😄

[johngregory]

My ears perked up when you told me the third hull became the Georgios Averoff. That means the Pisa and her sister either rose to the courage and skill of their crews...

Or fell to the same. The Averoff kicked a** whenever her captain and crew were up to it.

[fescountcristo]

In a 100 years they will teach you and that which you teach us. Great job. Big love

[ogscarlt]

I assume the Regina Elena class pre-dreadnoughts are already on the "to do" list Drach or a guide has already been done if not consider this comment me asking for it to be added to the ever growing guide list :D

[mvl]

Saturday morning, chores to do, but first, warship video!

[younoobskiller]

Italian navy,

trying different stuff with varying results

[rvail]

Drach, thanks as always you're a fount of information.

[Thirdbase]

Oddly the ship always had a list, the Italians could never get it float completely level.

[alanrogers]

I would like to know more about the American "Colorado"-class battleships, in particular, the USS West Virginia (BB-48). She was sunk at Pearl Harbor, but raised, rebuilt and saw service later in WWII. If I remember correctly, she was in Tokyo Bay during the Japanese surrender in September, 195. She then spent time returning troops back to the United States.