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Italian ship Agostino Barbarigo

Agostino Barbarigo (or simply Barbarigo) is the name of at least three ships of the Italian Navy, named in honour of Agostino Barbarigo (1419–1485), the 73rd Doge of Venice. The name has been borne by the following vessels:


1. Agostino Barbarigo (sloop/aviso, 1879)

  • Type: Sloop (aviso) / dispatch vessel / third-class warship
  • Builder: Arsenale di Venezia (Venice Arsenal)
  • Laid down: 1876
  • Launched: 23 January 1879
  • Commissioned: 11 August 1879
  • Fate: Sold for scrapping in 1916
  • Displacement: 818 tons
  • Designer: Benedetto Brin, General Inspector of Naval Engineering
  • Rig: Gaff schooner rig
  • Service: In 1912 she became a gunnery training ship; from 1913 she served as a depot ship at Genoa until decommissioned.

2. Agostino Barbarigo (submarine, 1917)

  • Type: Barbarigo-class submarine
  • Launched: 1917
  • Discarded: 1928
  • Service: Served in the Regia Marina during and after World War I.

3. Barbarigo (submarine, 1938)

  • Type: Marcello-class submarine
  • Launched: 1938
  • Fate: Sunk in 1943 during World War II
  • Service: Operated in the Atlantic during the Battle of the Atlantic, attacking Allied convoys.

Additional note

A merchant ship named Barbarigo (approx. 5,300 GRT) was also built in 1930 at Monfalcone and lost during World War II, though this was a civilian vessel rather than a warship.

All three naval vessels are named after Agostino Barbarigo, the Venetian doge who commanded the Venetian fleet at the Battle of Zonchio (1499) and later served as Doge from 1485 to 1501.

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