Italian frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi

	The Garibaldi in the Bay of Naples
History
Naples
Name	Borbone
Namesake	House of Bourbon
Builder	Royal shipyard, Castellammare di Stabia
Cost	2,363,000 lira
Laid down	1 August 1857
Launched	18 January 1860
Commissioned	10 July 1860
Fate	Transferred to the Kingdom of Italy, 7 September 1860
Italy
Name	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Namesake	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Commissioned	1860
Decommissioned	1870
Recommissioned	1872
Decommissioned	1894
Fate	Disarmed, converted to a hospital ship and renamed Saati, 1893; Sold for scrapping, 1899;
General characteristics
Type	Screw frigate
Displacement	3,680 long tons (3,739 t) standard; 3,980 long tons (4,044 t) full load;
Length	68.20 m (223 ft 9 in) o/a; 65.9 m (216 ft 2 in) p/p;
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	4 × Coal-fired boilers; 1 × 1,175 ihp (876 kW) Maudslay, Sons and Field horizontal cylinder steam engine; 1 × Screw propeller (retractable); 370 tons fuel;
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship; 2,725 m2 (29,330 sq ft) sail area;
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	658
Armament	As built:; 8 × 160-pounder rifles; 12 × 72-pounder smoothbore guns; 26 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns; 4 × 80-pounder smoothbore guns; from 1861:; 1 × 117-pdr smoothbore cannon; 2 × 30-pdr smoothbore guns; 10 × 60-pdr rifles; 24 × 30-pdr smoothbore guns; 18 × 80-pdr smoothbore guns; from 1866:; 16 × 200 mm (7.9 in) smoothbore guns; 12 × 160 mm (6.3 in) smoothbore guns; 4 × 160 mm (6.3 in) rifles; from 1871:; 8 × 160 mm (6.3 in) rifles; 4 × 80 mm (3.1 in) cannon; 4 × 75 mm (3.0 in) cannon;
Armour	None

The Italian frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi was a steam frigate of the Regia Marina of Italy. It was the first ship to be named after General Giuseppe Garibaldi.

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