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Unità di misura: m; Altezza: 190; Larghezza: 1.24; Lunghezza: 1.90

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The end of the Napoleonic wars with the Treaty of Vienna also coincided with the cancellation of the Ligurian Republic and its annexation to the Kingdom of Sardinia. The Savoy were thus given an instrument, the maritime and port instrument, that the ruling house had been aiming for for centuries. It is not surprising, therefore, that one of the first projects that the Piedmontese dynasty promoted was to build a large navy in order to pursue a policy of maritime power. This task was facilitated by Napoleon's legacy which, particularly in Genoa and the Cantieri della Foce, had created the infrastructure and trained a staff of shipbuilders capable of designing and building large military ships. One example is the frigate San Michele, built in 1840 to the design of engineer Giacomo Biga. Having become obsolete, from 1862 it was used as a training ship until 1868, when it was transferred to La Spezia, where it was scrapped in 1875. Model of the hull and complete sail equipment of the Sardinian frigate 'San Michele'. Note the presence of the raised bridge - or “command bridge” as it was called at the time - located immediately in front of the mizzenmast.