italian cruiser class armored cruiser built decade 20th century ship deployments levant career beginning italo turkish war bombarded tripoli early transferred libya world war activities limited threat austro hungarian submarines training ship ship struck naval register subsequently scrapped design description overall length meters beam meters deep draft ship meters displaced metric tons long tons normal load ship powered vertical triple expansion steam engines driving shaft steam coal fired belleville boilers engines produced indicated horsepower gave speed approximately knots mph cruising range nautical miles knots mph complement consisted officers enlisted men acting flagship main armament consisted millimeter gun turret forward superstructure millimeter guns twin turret aft millimeter guns comprised secondary armament arranged casemates amidships remaining millimeter guns mounted upper deck millimeter millimeter guns defend torpedo boats fitted single millimeter torpedo tubes ship waterline armor belt maximum thickness millimeters amidships tapered millimeters ends ship conning tower casemates gun turrets protected millimeter armor protective deck armor millimeters thick millimeter guns upper deck protected gun shields millimeters thick construction service named laid naval dockyard venice august launched april named completed september fleet maneuvers assigned hostile force blockading sister ships ship france september participate fleet review president france date cruise levant july deployed crete june january returning taranto january began september assigned 2nd squadron mediterranean_fleet sisters bombarded tripoli october stood offshore watch ottoman ships bombardment killed ottoman soldiers severely wounded addition dead civilians october sisters sailed sicily bombarded february sinking elderly ottoman ironclad forced torpedo boat credited participating bombardment bombardment killed civilians wounded ship transferred libya remained rest war balkan war deployed albania february june deployment january february italy declared war assigned 5th based june division bombarded rail lines near departed evening july near following morning shortly beginning bombardment torpedoed austro hungarian submarine struck single torpedo cruiser sank minutes crewmen killed division immediately retreated avoid attacks leaving destroyers rescue survivors loss sinking armored cruiser submarine july severely restricted activities ships based adriatic_sea briefly stationed levant november december returning escorted convoys albania patrolled coast rest war cadet training ship finally converted role stricken april scrapped
Italian cruiser Francesco Ferruccio