Garibaldi had an
overall length of , a
beam of , and a mean
draft (ship) of . She
displaced at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical
triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from eight
Scotch marine boilers. The engines were designed for a maximum output of and a speed of . She had a cruising range of at . Her complement consisted of 28 officers and 420 enlisted men. Her
main armament consisted of two 40-
caliber Armstrong Whitworth guns, in
gun turrets fore and aft of the
superstructure. The ten 40-caliber
quick-firing (QF) guns that comprised her secondary armament were arranged in
casemates
amidships on the main deck.
Garibaldi also had six QF QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV|, ten
QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss and eight
QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns to defend herself against
torpedo boats. She was also equipped with four above-water
torpedo tubes, two on each side. The ship's
waterline armor belt had a maximum thickness of
amidships and tapered to towards the ends of the ship. Between the main gun
barbettes it covered the entire side of the ship up to the level of the upper
deck. The barbettes, the
conning tower, and gun turrets were also protected by 5.9-inch armor. Her deck armor ranged from thick. ==Construction and career==