italian cruiser protected cruiser built italy 1900s ship originally laid named drama based ottoman cruiser completed outbreak italo turkish war seized italian regia marina royal_navy completed ship armed guns capable speed knots mph relatively uneventful career italy entry world war involved evacuation ruler albania late following italy declaration war patrolled barrage action went world tour featured short documentary produced unknown deployed china remained nearly decade old cruiser stricken naval register sold scrap design design new cruiser based british built ottoman cruiser ship meters long waterline long overall beam draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons standard long tons short tons load ship fitted pole masts crew officers enlisted men ship protected armored deck thick conning tower thickness armor plating sides main guns protected thick gun shields powered shaft vertical triple expansion engines steam engines provided sixteen coal fired water tube boilers closely spaced funnels centerline engines rated indicated horsepower reached ihp service sufficient propel ship speed knots mph cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph ship armed main battery quick firing guns forward astern guns probably pattern armstrong guns fired kilogram shell muzzle velocity meters second augmented battery guns mounted individually broadside close range defense torpedo boats provided battery guns guns equipped torpedo tubes service history new cruiser laid shipyard genoa ottoman_empire drama following rise ottoman_empire ottoman government unwilling pay foreign debts led halt construction work work ship resumed late italy seized ship following declaration war ottoman_empire italo turkish war completed hull launched november following completion fitting work new ship commissioned march september port albania ruler country departed following turmoil caused country coupled outbreak world war landed contingent marines restore order city refugees fleeing insurgents attempted board passenger ships bound italy refugees evacuated recalled marines departed 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 spent war patrolling barrage cruisers italian french destroyers war ship anti aircraft guns installed ship went world tour command admiral cruise stopped san_francisco united_states november stayed month filmed short documentary unknown film director november generate attention publicly screened film ship departed san_francisco december visited australia tour guns removed year sent china joined armored cruisers river ships contributed men form china china contingents sent guard beijing ship remained chinese waters nearly decade early 1930s replaced protected cruiser september prepare disposal stricken naval register march sold ship breakers
Italian cruiser Libia