italian cruiser protected cruiser royal_navy designed built sir works england finished ship entered service ship type built italian fleet provided basis subsequent designs built italy including class intended serve battleship destroyer armed main battery inch guns ability defeat heavy armor design flaws rendered unfit role frequently served abroad participated conquest flagship italian squadron campaign took crisis alongside british german warships italo turkish war provided gunfire support italian troops ashore north_africa outbreak world war relegated secondary duties ship later depot ship ship disarmed conflict ultimately sold ship breakers march design design based earlier built chile designed modern protected cruiser constructed new ship ordered minister navy named naval commander fought french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars referred torpedo ram ships type intended use battleship destroyer low rate fire guns lack gun platform ineffective role represented temporary embrace theories doctrine espoused french naval architects general characteristics machinery meters long perpendiculars long overall beam draft steel crew officers enlisted men later career reduced class cruisers half sisters built modified slightly enlarged design equipped ram bow initially fitted rigging schooner powered compound expansion steam engines drove screw propeller steam provided cylindrical boilers funnels centerline trials engines produced indicated horsepower speed knots mph cruising speed knots mph ship steam nautical miles schooner rig intended auxiliary method propulsion ship engines broke time entered service marine steam engines reliable auxiliary sails longer necessary later removed armament armor armament heavy size main battery consisting pair inch caliber breech loading guns mounted individual barbettes fore aft capable training degrees beam models manufactured inch caliber secondary guns mounted comprised secondary battery close range defense torpedo boats provided battery quick firing pounder caliber guns pounder guns equipped inch torpedo tubes broadside water submerged tube bow fitted armored deck ran stem stern inches thickness boilers engines reduced thickness inches fore aft ship armor belt waterline intended swell water absorption hit proved unsuccessful hits result destruction conning tower protected armor plating inches thick main guns protected inches armor service history laid armstrong shipyard england august completed hull launched december commissioning departed england join permanent squadron participated conquest acted flagship italian following conclusion campaign returned italy took annual fleet maneuvers ironclads protected cruisers torpedo cruisers numerous smaller vessels maneuvers consisted close order drills simulated attack defense later year ship present naval review held german kaiser visit italy july collided torpedo cruiser badly damaging spent time service overseas particularly americas service port visit new_york_city foreign warship repaired years took annual summer maneuvers july included ironclads torpedo cruiser tripoli inch guns replaced modern inch guns late sent waters crisis international force british german italian warships blockaded venezuela country refusal pay foreign debts italian contingent included protected cruiser armored cruiser following year protected cruisers represented italy international naval review new_york held start world exposition chicago exposition marked anniversary arrival north_america contingents france germany britain spain nations participated celebration returned italy assigned inch guns removed slated replaced new armored cruiser entered service september served training ship mechanics outbreak italo turkish war returning active duty flagship served shore bombardment role end war returned second line service ship fitted capable producing tons fresh water hours operating role start world war pressing need artillery service army partially disarmed losing inch guns inch pieces later war rest armament removed reassigned service seaplane depot ship decommissioned sold scrap march broken soon
Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan