italian cruiser small protected cruiser built italian regia marina royal_navy 1890s intended service italy overseas empire laid launched completed armed main battery centimeter guns spent significant periods abroad ranging deployments chinese north american australian waters addition periods italy east african empire saw action italo turkish war red_sea primarily bombarding turkish ports area reclassified reduced training ship sold scrap end year design designed chief engineer intended overseas service steel hull wood protect lengthy deployments abroad hull meters long perpendiculars long overall beam draft normal displacement metric tons long tons short tons increased long tons short tons load crew officers enlisted crew cruiser powered shaft vertical triple expansion engines steam supplied coal fired cylindrical water tube boilers single funnel amidships engines output indicated horsepower produced speed knots mph cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph armed main battery centimeter guns guns mounted individually light armaments included guns guns pair machine guns equipped pair torpedo tubes armor protection consisted thick deck conning tower received steel plating service history built dockyard keel laid february launched september fitting work completed new cruiser commissioned royal_navy july spent long periods abroad decade service operating chinese waters broke joined international fleet included representatives fleets mouth contingent soldiers traveled beijing reinforce quarter ship present united_states formally granted independence following spanish american war years earlier british cruiser fired united_states cruiser uss brooklyn march went cruise american waters time santo domingo dominican_republic visit represented attempt diplomacy aimed securing payments debts italian nationals later year visited australia trip flag october took festival san_francisco marking anniversary expedition recorded european exploration california italo turkish war outbreak italo turkish war september stationed far_east immediately recalled reinforce italian colony arriving east african waters joined cruiser bombarding turkish port november disperse contingent ottoman soldiers hostilities temporarily ceased british king george passed red_sea following coronation ceremony india lasted november days later attacked station near early italian searched group seven ottoman thought planning attack fact lack coal carried cruiser destroyers searched january found quickly sank forced beach avoid sinking day italian warships sent shore party destroy grounded rest italian ships returned bombarding turkish ports red_sea declaring blockade city january returned italy april ottomans eventually agreed surrender october ending war later career armament reduced guns removed additional guns installed place guns guns removed ship took diplomatic mission red_sea visit recently proclaimed king july returned east african waters january mission flag particularly coast stops included reclassified saw armament modified gun guns added time served role short time reduced training ship naval gunners early duty ended quickly sold scrap november
Italian cruiser Calabria