italian cruiser protected cruiser italian regia marina royal_navy built 1880s second member class included sister ships named volcanic island armed main battery inch inch guns steam speed knots mph career relatively uneventful significant action took campaign boxer rebellion china returned italy spent rest career reserve ammunition ship apart brief stint active service stricken naval register sold scrapping design feet inches perpendiculars beam feet inches mean draft feet displaced long tons crew numbered officers men ship horizontal compound steam engines driving single propeller steam provided double ended cylindrical boilers credited speed knots mph indicated horsepower cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph main armament ships consisted armstrong inch caliber breech loading guns mounted barbettes fore aft equipped inch caliber breech loading guns carried sides ship anti torpedo boat defense fitted millimeter pounder hotchkiss guns millimeter pounder hotchkiss guns armed inch torpedo tubes mounted bow underwater water protected armored deck waterline maximum thickness inches conning tower worth armor plating service history laid venice shipyard september finished hull launched february following completion fitting work commissioned italian fleet march sisters participated naval maneuvers following year ship took annual fleet maneuvers 1st ironclad battleship torpedo cruiser participated naval maneuvers period assigned armored cruiser protected cruiser ships tasked training squadron responsible responding crises arise deployed far_east joined sent assist nation alliance putting boxer rebellion china ships assigned chinese waters year returned italy placed reserve returning active service year active service seven months spent rest year reduced crew standard practice italian fleet time later served ammunition ship struck navy list march sold scrap
Italian cruiser Stromboli