italian cruiser torpedo cruiser class built italian regia marina royal_navy 1880s built orlando shipyard keel laid july launched commissioned december main armament torpedo tubes supported battery small caliber guns spent career main italian fleet primarily occupied training exercises ship sold march broken scrap 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 personnel 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 new cruiser originally named renamed day construction began member class laid september launched march fitting work completed ship commissioned fleet january following year assigned 2nd included sister ship ironclad battleship protected cruiser squadron based time stationed primarily taranto naples torpedo cruisers italian fleet unrest ottoman_empire killed hundreds foreign nationals prompted european great powers send international fleet pressure ottomans victims november small italian squadron sent join fleet mobilized larger force naples consisted ironclads protected cruiser torpedo cruiser torpedo boats second squadron stocked coal ammunition event need reinforce squadron took annual summer maneuvers july included ironclads protected cruiser assigned included ironclads protected cruisers torpedo cruiser following year returned served ironclads armored cruiser protected cruiser ship sold scrap march subsequently broken
Italian cruiser Calatafimi