italian cruiser unique protected cruiser built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s notably warship equipped triple expansion engines ship originally ordered named sold completed renamed armed main battery centimeter guns reached speed knots mph sea trials making fastest cruisers time career uneventful served main italian fleet years career visited united_states start world exposition january ship sold renamed later cruiser withdrawn service disposed sold scrap design designed british naval architect built armstrong shipyard ship meters long beam draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons ship fitted pole masts originally sailing rig later removed revolving armored spotting tops mounted masts crew officers enlisted men later increased powered shaft triple expansion engines set kind machinery installed warship steam engines provided coal fired cylindrical fire tube boilers funnels centerline engines rated indicated horsepower produce speed knots mph trials engines reached ihp knots mph cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph time commissioning fastest cruisers world ship armed main battery guns mounted individually forward astern amidships broadside guns manufactured weighed long tons short tons apiece ship equipped guns type supplemented secondary battery guns guns equipped torpedo tubes ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thickness armor plating sides main guns protected thick gun shields service history keel new cruiser laid february completed hull launched december year ship originally ordered named purchased italy construction renamed commissioned april participated annual fleet maneuvers squadron ironclad protected cruiser torpedo boats exercises conducted squadron tasked defending attacking hostile squadron 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 later year present rio_de_janeiro brazil revolt fleet cruisers britain france germany spain argentina foreign warships tasked protecting interests respective nationals area february assigned main italian fleet cruisers cruising north american waters stopped maintenance engines later year present ceremony chile town founded italian immigrants january italian government sold renamed date declared independence time largest warship ship renamed country capital city decommissioned remained inventory old cruiser finally sold broken
Italian cruiser Dogali