italian cruiser torpedo cruiser class built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s laid june orlando shipyard launched march commissioned september main armament torpedo tubes supported battery small caliber guns spent career main italian fleet primarily occupied training exercises start italo turkish war september assigned italian bombarded ottoman positions took blockade coast worn end war october sold scrap december broken design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally propulsion system consisted pair horizontal triple expansion steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied coal fired locomotive boilers specific figures engine performance survived ships class speeds knots mph indicated horsepower ship cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew armed main battery gun guns mounted equipped guns single mounts primary offensive weapon torpedo tubes ship protected armored deck thick conning tower armored thickness steel plate service history laid orlando june launched march fitting work completed ship commissioned fleet september fleet maneuvers served protected cruisers torpedo boats maneuvers lasted august september ships reserve squadron defended simulated attack french attack italian fleet stationed 2nd split taranto naples torpedo cruisers italian fleet included sister ships class cruisers tripoli assigned included ironclads cruisers start italo turkish war september stationed italian italian naval forces region included protected cruisers smaller vessels shortly start war october encountered ottoman torpedo cruiser short engagement italians vessels forced ottoman ship flee bombarded port facilities withdrew later interned british controlled threat ottoman attack led italian high command reinforce additional ships included cruiser destroyers protected cruiser destroyers annihilated force seven ottoman battle bay january following ottoman naval forces region rest italian ships commenced bombardment campaign turkish ports red_sea declaring blockade city january july august sister ship conducted second attack destroyed ottoman ammunition dump threat ottoman attack greatly reduced high command began withdraw forces end august unit reduced protected cruisers october ottoman government agreed sign peace treaty ending war career ended shortly discarded ship december subsequently broken scrap
Italian cruiser Aretusa