italian cruiser torpedo cruiser class built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s built shipyard keel laying february launching september commissioning main armament torpedo tubes supported battery small caliber guns spent career main italian fleet primarily occupied training exercises withdrawn service sold scrapping design meters long overall beam average draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons normally propulsion system consisted pair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 keel laid february completed hull launched september fitting work completed ship commissioned fleet took annual fleet exercises attacking squadron included ironclads sister ship torpedo cruisers maneuvers lasted august september ships simulated french attack italian fleet assigned 2nd included sister ship ironclad battleship protected cruiser squadron based time stationed primarily taranto naples torpedo cruisers italian fleet took annual summer maneuvers july included ironclads protected cruiser took international naval demonstration crete period tension greece ottoman_empire culminated turkish war time assigned included class ironclads protected cruisers assigned 1st squadron sister unit included battleships cruisers destroyers kept active service seven months year training reduced crews remainder year ship sold scrap march subsequently broken
Italian cruiser Euridice