italian cruiser italian cruiser second class armored cruisers built 1890s deployed overseas times career notably far_east south_america ship royal yacht italy time radio experiments served training ship start italo turkish war war supported italian operations libya ship virtually inactive world war converted troop transport stricken navy list subsequently broken scrap design description length perpendiculars meters overall length meters beam meters draft meters ship displaced metric tons long tons normal load metric tons long tons deep load class ships complement officers enlisted men ship powered vertical triple expansion steam engines driving propeller shaft steam engines supplied marine boilers designed maximum output indicated horsepower speed knots mph barely exceeded designed speed reached knots mph sea trials ihp cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph main armament class ships consisted quick firing guns single mounts guns mounted broadside upper deck corners central citadel armored casemates single guns mounted bow stern remaining guns positioned main deck guns defense torpedo boats ship carried fourteen hotchkiss guns hotchkiss guns ship equipped torpedo tubes protected armored belt thick amidships reduced bow stern upper armor thick protected middle ship height upper deck curved armored deck thick conning tower armor thick gun protected gun shield construction career named king laid february ship launched september completed deployed south_america later year returned italy february later year sent far_east returned june return ship assigned mediterranean_fleet served royal yacht victor iii attended queen united_kingdom invited accompany conduct radio experiments route originally scheduled june coronation delayed edward illness rescheduled august meantime ship took victor meetings russia returned england coronation ceremony participated fleet review august return voyage conducted long range experiments site cornwall king loaned september testing ferried atlantic nova scotia experiments radio messages ocean december successfully transmitted messages sent waters crisis international force british german italian warships blockaded venezuela country refusal pay foreign debts returned early briefly deployed later year served gunnery torpedo training ship began september assigned bombarded fortifications defending tripoli provided gunfire support italian forces fired ammunition missions guns replaced early war ship transferred remained march beginning world war active war spent entire war based venice ship began conversion troop transport required removal armor addition new deck internal modifications suit new role work finished taranto early year recommissioned new april ship discarded june subsequently scrapped
Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto