italian cruiser torpedo cruiser built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s lead ship class included vessels built shipyard september february armed variety light guns inch torpedo tubes capable speed knots mph ship served duration career main italian fleet early service primarily occupied training exercises line duties ended converted continued participate fleet exercises world war laid defensive minefields adriatic_sea eventually sold scrap broken design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally propulsion system consisted double expansion steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired locomotive boilers exact figures ship performance survived members class steam speed knots mph indicated horsepower cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew primary armament torpedo tubes equipped caliber guns guns revolving hotchkiss guns mounted singly ship protected armored deck thick service history built shipyard keel laid september completed hull launched july completed february commissioned fleet member class enter service year took annual fleet maneuvers ironclads protected cruiser torpedo cruisers tripoli numerous smaller vessels maneuvers consisted close order drills simulated attack defense later year ship present naval review held german kaiser visit italy ship served 3rd fleet maneuvers ironclads torpedo boats maneuvers lasted august september ships simulated french attack italian fleet following year ship took annual fleet maneuvers 1st ironclad battleship protected cruiser year coal fired boilers replaced oil fired models center engine propeller shaft removed engines produced ihp speed knots mph stationed 2nd split taranto naples torpedo cruisers italian fleet included sister ships class cruisers tripoli converted torpedo tubes removed equipment handle naval mines installed assigned included ironclads protected cruisers following year returned served ironclads armored cruiser protected cruiser fleet maneuvers attached main fleet lay mines simulated advance base created exercises outbreak italo turkish war september stationed venice tripoli vessels saw action war italy declared neutrality start world war july triple convinced italians enter war admiral italian naval chief staff believed threat austro hungarian submarines naval mines narrow waters adriatic use fleet active way instead decided implement blockade relatively safer southern end adriatic main fleet smaller vessels boats conducted raids austro hungarian ships installations initially lay series defensive minefields torpedo cruisers support strategy ship remained service early stricken naval register march subsequently broken scrap
Italian cruiser Goito