italian cruiser protected cruiser italian regia marina royal_navy built 1890s lead ship class included vessels ships named current regions italy ship equipped main armament guns steam speed knots mph spent career abroad including years american waters service period relative peace saw combat sold haiti renamed serve long flag crew inexperienced operate ship shortly transferred design meters long overall beam draft displaced metric tons long tons short tons load propulsion system consisted pair horizontal triple expansion engines steam supplied cylindrical water tube boilers speed trials reached maximum knots mph indicated horsepower ship cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew armed main battery guns mounted singly forward aft guns placed broadside light armament included gun guns guns pair machine guns equipped torpedo tubes protected thick deck conning tower thick sides service history built orlando shipyard keel laid august shortages funding slowed completion sister ships tight budgets forced navy reduce pace construction funds active fleet service result hull ready launched april fitting work took years complete finally joined fleet february february assigned main italian fleet sister cruisers september stopped rio_de_janeiro brazil supervise transfer sailors killed yellow fever outbreak sister men buried interred large december stopped met german cruiser cruisers uss new_york uss june represented italy lewis portland oregon joined cruisers ran aground outside kingston jamaica july route puerto_rico salvage ship premier assisted pulling ship free decided dispose cruiser rumors year potential sale prompted peru buy old french cruiser ecuador end purchasing instead december sold arrive haiti june sale ship renamed ship rumored carrying deposed president venezuela later proved false german captain hired command ship arrival haiti lengthy delays quit cruiser sank shortly entering service crew experienced handling ship eventually raised towed netherlands disposal
Italian cruiser Umbria