italian cruiser protected cruiser italian regia marina royal_navy built 1880s member class included sister ships named volcano mount ship keel laid july launched march commissioned fleet march armed main battery inch inch guns steam speed knots mph career relatively uneventful significant action took campaign boxer rebellion china stricken naval register sold scrap 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 built shipyard keel laid july completed hull launched march fitting work finished commissioned italian fleet march sisters participated naval maneuvers tasked defending permanent squadron placed reserve reactivated naval maneuvers end year maneuvers assigned force tasked defending simulated french fleet sent chinese waters assist suppression boxer rebellion nation alliance ships formally assigned chinese waters stops shanghai hong_kong second deployment far_east placed reserve struck navy list sold scrap
Italian cruiser Vesuvio