italian cruiser torpedo cruiser italian regia marina built late 1890s lead ship class member ship armed guns torpedo tubes slow short ranged able scout effectively fleet career limited saw action italo turkish war provided gunfire support italian troops north_africa assisted occupation constantinople aftermath world war reclassified january sold scrapping design meters long overall beam draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons load propulsion system consisted pair horizontal triple expansion steam engines driving single screw propeller steam supplied water tube boilers engines rated indicated horsepower produced speed knots mph ship cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew armed main battery guns mounted singly equipped torpedo tubes ship lightly armored thick deck service history built shipyard keel laid february completed hull launched october completing fitting work new cruiser commissioned italian fleet september sea trials lasted february march final speed trial exceeded design speed knot proved slow short legged useful fleet scout limited active duty career served main fleet time fleet kept state readiness seven months remaining months ships reduced crews fleet maneuvers assigned hostile force tasked attempt land troops sicily outbreak italo turkish war ottoman_empire september assigned 2nd division 1st squadron command rear admiral divisional commander october sister joined battleship armored cruisers destroyers troop transports attack port sent ashore attempt secure surrender garrison refused armored cruisers bombarded ottoman positions day october ottomans withdrew allowing italian troops come ashore possession port fleet remained offshore helped repel ottoman following weeks december joined battleships regina provided gunfire support italian garrison repeated turkish assaults early april torpedo cruiser vessels troop convoy carrying men near border tunisia november participated occupation constantinople following surrender ottoman_empire battleship joined fleet british french greek warships entered dardanelles landed troops occupy city reclassified armament modified guns replaced pair guns torpedo tubes removed service lasted years january ship sold scrapping
Italian cruiser Agordat