italian cruiser torpedo cruiser class built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s built orlando shipyard keel laid july launched commissioned december main armament torpedo tubes supported battery small caliber guns spent career main italian fleet primarily occupied training exercises served red_sea italo turkish war conducted shore blockaded ottoman ports area remain service long war sold scrap design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally propulsion system consisted pair horizontal triple expansion steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired locomotive boilers specific figures engine performance survived ships class speeds knots mph indicated horsepower ship cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew personnel armed main battery guns guns mounted equipped guns single mounts primary offensive weapon torpedo tubes ship protected armored deck thick conning tower armored thickness steel plate service history laid orlando july originally renamed february launched member class enter water fitting work completed underwent sea trials testing engines forced draft ship reached knots mph ship commissioned fleet december entering service initially stationed 2nd split taranto naples torpedo cruisers italian fleet included sister ships class cruisers tripoli shortly transferred italian departed protected cruiser late december passing suez_canal december transport carrying battalion infantry rest included protected cruisers met ship assigned armored cruiser protected cruisers transferred older ironclad battleships following year stationed italian italian conducted experiments aboard ship hot air balloon study monsoon winds region beginning tests conducted week july unsuccessful weather unfavorable start italo turkish war september stationed italy alternating ports naples sister ships threat ottoman attack red_sea italian led italian high command reinforce destroyers sent strengthen italian defenses protected cruiser destroyers annihilated force seven ottoman battle bay january core ottoman naval forces area rest italian ships commenced bombardment campaign turkish ports red_sea declaring blockade city january july august sister ship protected cruiser conducted second attack destroyed ottoman ammunition dump october ottoman government agreed sign peace treaty ending war remain service long end war sold scrap broken
Italian cruiser Caprera