italian ironclad second class ironclad battleships built italian regia marina royal_navy ship named island sicily laid venice november launched july completed armed main battery inch guns speed knots mph high speed came cost armor protection spent decade career italian fleet transferred took italo turkish war escorted convoys north_africa supported italian forces ashore bombarding ottoman troops depot ship new dreadnought battleship world war continued service depot ship later war converted repair ship stricken subsequently broken scrap design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally long tons short tons load propulsion system consisted pair vertical compound steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied eighteen coal fired cylindrical fire tube boilers engines produced speed knots mph indicated horsepower specific figures cruising radius survived ships class steam nautical miles speed knots mph crew officers men armed main battery caliber guns mounted twin gun turrets end ship carried secondary battery guns placed singly shielded mounts atop upper deck broadside close range defense torpedo boats provided battery sixteen guns casemates upper deck broadside supported guns guns customary capital ships period carried torpedo tubes water launchers ship lightly armored size protected belt armor thick armored deck thick conning tower armored steel plate turrets thick faces supporting barbettes thick steel service history named island sicily built venice keel laid november completed hull launched july launching ceremony new ship christened fitting work completed ship entered service italian fleet took international naval demonstration crete period tension greece ottoman_empire culminated turkish war time flagship 1st division included sister ships protected cruisers torpedo cruiser assigned 2nd division included ironclads torpedo cruisers active service seven months rest year spent reduced crews sisters service kept service months year months reduced commission following year ships transferred class ironclads ironclad cruisers sixteen torpedo boats squadron entered active service months year training maneuvers rest year spent reduced crews sisters battleships time kept service seven months year italo turkish war september italy declared war ottoman_empire order seize libya time sisters assigned old armored cruiser serving flagship october sisters tasked bombarding protecting western approach tripoli ships inch guns attack fort preserve stock inch shells morning 4th ships gunfire guns fort allowing landing forces ashore capture city included contingent led captain ships alternated tripoli support italian garrisons cities included major ottoman attack tripoli october supported italian left flank ottoman assaults november torpedo cruiser destroyer torpedo boat bombarded oasis turkish forces present italians sent garrison protect oasis december ships stationed tripoli replaced old ironclads sisters arrived ammunition supplies patrolled coast saw action following month sisters torpedo boats escorted convoy carrying infantry brigade ports libya ottoman control italian force arrived town june landing taking city italian forces moved rest ships continued supporting advance italians secured city july returned italy joined escort convoy august time port ottoman hands ships covered landing miles east days later joined supporting attacks west south capture city italy controlled entire coast october ottomans agreed sign peace treaty end war later career depot ship new dreadnought battleship taranto nearing completion stricken july slated scrapped decided retain ship world war broke end month august ship disarmed returned service depot ship taranto ammunition sailors italy declared neutrality start world war july triple convinced italians enter war later war converted repair ship ship stricken broken scrap
Italian ironclad Sicilia