italian cruiser torpedo cruiser italian regia marina built late 1890s second final member class 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 caused minor diplomatic incident attack retreating ottoman soldiers international fleet sent constantinople city appeared risk falling balkan war converted sold scrap 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 keel laid shipyard april completed hull launched november completing fitting work new cruiser commissioned italian fleet october 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 ship transferred red_sea stationed italy colony small vessels assigned hostile force tasked attempt land troops sicily fleet maneuvers outbreak italo turkish war ottoman_empire september stationed 4th division 2nd squadron rear admiral commander division protected battleships armored cruisers bombarded defenses tripoli october armored cruiser sixteen destroyers tasked patrolling flanks bombardment force prevent surprise attack 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 october bombarded port shelled ottoman infantry battalion area fled continued fire retreating troops rounds attack french cruiser nearby witnessed attack commander protested breach international law international force entered ottoman capital city constantinople balkan war november month end italo turkish war battleship entered straits november french armored cruisers joined pair british cruisers warships germany including battlecruiser russia battleship spain arrived ships force men ashore protect nationals end month bulgarian advance city halted international fleet remained time withdrawn island crete subsequently dispersed converted guns torpedo tubes removed pair guns installed served briefly role sold ship breakers june
Italian cruiser Coatit