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served with the
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Italian torpedo cruisers served during the relatively uneventful 1880s, 1890s, and 1900s, and as a result, saw little activity outside of routine training operations. By the early 1900s, many of the cruisers had been reduced to subsidiary roles or had been discarded outright. A handful of
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to be built by any navy. Her flat-bottomed hull prevented her from reaching her intended speed, which meant that she would be unable to catch the ironclads she was intended to destroy. She spent little time in active service as a result, and the
Italian navy did not build another torpedo cruiser for
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Italian torpedo cruiser to be lost to hostile action. Long since obsolete by the early 1920s, the remaining torpedo cruisers were then sold for scrap. Their place in the fleet's reconnaissance force was taken by a group of German and
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class, marked further experimentation on the part of Brin. These two ships were significantly smaller than the other torpedo cruisers Brin designed, though they still carried an armament of three torpedo tubes, and they were nearly as fast as the
1321:, continued in service during World War I, but they saw limited activity due to the cautious strategy adopted by the Italian fleet. The two minelayers were tasked with laying defensive minefields in the Adriatic, and on 24 March 1918, the German
1173:-class cruisers had not yet entered service at that point, and so the navy had not gained any experience from the variations in their arrangements. Nevertheless, the design staff decided to standardize on the two-shaft arrangement adopted for
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class was prepared in the mid-1890s, with work beginning on the two new cruisers in early 1897. The two new cruisers were significantly larger than previous designs, though they discarded the medium-caliber guns that had been adopted in the
502:, which emphasized small, fast, torpedo-armed vessels that could damage or destroy the much larger battleships at a fraction of the cost. His first experiment was a new torpedo cruiser that was to correct the defects of
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Germany and Austria-Hungary. When not conducting maneuvers, the ships were frequently placed in reserve to reduce operational costs. By the late 1890s, the ships began to be withdrawn from frontline service, with
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Italian troops in North Africa. Neither ship saw combat during World War I, and after the war, they were withdrawn from fleet service. The Italian fleet received a group of former German and Austro-Hungarian
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s. They were not particularly successful vessels and their design was not repeated in future torpedo cruisers. The ships had uneventful careers, though this was in part due to the fact that
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Italian parliament drastically reduced naval budgets. By the 1870s, the small budgets precluded the acquisition of a large battle fleet centered on new ironclads like the
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nevertheless proved to be too slow in service to be usable in that role. As a result, their careers were limited. They saw action during the Italo-Turkish War, where they provided
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in 1875, and was one of the first torpedo cruisers built by any navy. She proved to be a disappointment in service, being too slow to be an effective warship.
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s single tube, significantly increasing her offensive power. She was so successful that she proved to be the basis for twelve more similar vessels of the
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Ottoman positions in North Africa.
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the problem of a French naval attack on various
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to determine the most effective configuration for the new warship type. He was joined in this task by Engineering Director
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over control of the island. By the mid-1900s, the class began to be withdrawn from front-line service.
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of 1911–1912 but she saw no action during the conflict. She remained in service through
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was frequently placed in reserve, and in 1897 she became a gunnery training ship.
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early in her career, and she could not be repaired to her original configuration.
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2 shafts, double-expansion steam engines, 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
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at a fraction of the cost of a new ironclad. The new vessel was one of the first
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s. While those vessels were being built, a pair of smaller vessels—the
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2417:. London: Office for Advertisements and Publication: 355.
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724:. Despite their variations, all were broadly similar to
127:, was built in the late 1890s to be fleet scouts. Like
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2287:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
2264:Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
1726:1,292 to 1,340 long tons (1,313 to 1,362 t)
1185:-class cruisers were faster than the three-shaft
2369:Garbett, H., ed. (1898). "Naval Notes – Italy".
798:in 1901 and sold for scrap. During World War I,
115:—were ordered. The final class, which comprised
2371:Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
2350:Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
2329:Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
2308:Journal of the Royal United Service Institution
656:, 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
494:—had begun to experiment with the ideas of the
2487:A Box of Sand: The Italo-Ottoman War 1911-1912
2472:. Vol. III. London: Hudson & Kearns.
2176:Barry, E. B. (1897). "The Italian Manoevres".
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1405:5 × 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
1303:. The three surviving members of the class,
1272:briefly engaged the Ottoman torpedo cruiser
1238:to prevent conflicts between Greece and the
700:Brin continued his experimentation with the
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237:The number and type of the primary armament
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638:5 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
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518:(9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) faster than
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139:class was too slow for its intended role.
2527:. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
1413:821 to 931 long tons (834 to 946 t)
1230:participated in naval demonstrations off
869:955 to 974 long tons (970 to 990 t)
559:. She served in this capacity during the
163:saw no offensive operations, though four—
38:Between the 1870s and 1890s, the Italian
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477:By the mid-1880s, Engineering Inspector
331:then under construction, and so Admiral
245:The maximum thickness of the deck armor
76:, which provided the basis for the four
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1352:were both scrapped in the early 1920s.
409:0.5 to 0.75 in (13 to 19 mm)
34:shortly after entering service, c. 1889
2993:Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)
2224:, ed. (1903). "Comparative Strength".
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209:was torpedoed and sunk by a German
2941:Italian submarines of World War II
2508:. London and New York: Routledge.
2489:. Ticehurst: Tattered Flag Press.
2468:Robinson, Charles N., ed. (1897).
2377:. London: J. J. Keliher: 199–204.
2335:. London: J. J. Keliher: 564–565.
2314:. London: J. J. Keliher: 566–568.
1285:After the war, the navy discarded
640:1 × 4.7 in (120 mm) gun
431:(23.85 km/h; 14.82 mph)
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2356:. London: J. J. Keliher: 81–111.
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1209:received a second 4.7-inch gun.
102:being used as the basis for the
2957:Francesco Morosini Naval School
2185:Beehler, William Henry (1913).
1720:2 × 17.7 in torpedo tubes
46:(Royal Navy) built a series of
2392:A Naval History of World War I
1555:6 × 17.7 in torpedo tubes
1532:5 × 17.7 in torpedo tubes
1437:6 × 17.7 in torpedo tubes
913:triple-expansion steam engines
794:were simply stricken from the
718:, who prepared the design for
187:—that had been converted into
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403:1 × 16 in (406 mm)
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143:vessels, specifically of the
2485:Stephenson, Charles (2014).
2016:O'Hara, Dickson, & Worth
936:5 × 14 in torpedo tubes
316:Italian cruiser Pietro Micca
2504:Sondhaus, Lawrence (2001).
2453:. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
1114:394 long tons (400 t)
1090:364 long tons (370 t)
1025:was broken up in 1900, and
646:829 long tons (842 t)
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2931:List of protected cruisers
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2686:List of cruisers of Italy
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2390:Halpern, Paul G. (1995).
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2551:Marina Militare website
2523:Willmott, H. P. (2009).
2506:Naval Warfare, 1815–1914
1031:was dismantled in 1908.
333:Simone Antonio Saint-Bon
191:, were employed to help
3097:Lists of ships of Italy
2247:. London: John Murray.
2178:Notes on Naval Progress
1931:Clarke & Thursfield
1151:Partenope-class cruiser
473:Italian cruiser Tripoli
467:after her modernization
2971:History and traditions
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3003:Decima Flottiglia MAS
2090:, pp. 35, 47–48.
1667:joining her in 1923.
1597:Agordat-class cruiser
1585:
1534:2 × 4.7 in guns
1139:
981:Folgore-class cruiser
969:
684:
569:Austro-Hungarian Navy
481:—the designer of the
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197:Austro-Hungarian Navy
83:and the eight-vessel
21:
3034:La Spezia Naval Base
2825:Decommissioned ships
1557:1 × 4.7 in gun
1439:1 × 4.7 in gun
1425:Sunk, 24 March 1918
1407:1 × 4.7 in gun
938:1 × 4.7 in gun
256:at full combat load
2911:List of battleships
2411:The Marine Engineer
2163:, pp. 253–254.
1933:, pp. 202–203.
1918:, pp. 141–142.
1855:, pp. 346–347.
1678:
1601:The design for the
1591:later in her career
1363:
1330:torpedoed and sank
1234:in attempts by the
1155:Design work on the
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696:Goito-class cruiser
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288:assembly commenced
230:
3102:Italian Navy lists
2921:List of destroyers
2773:Protected cruisers
2222:Brassey, Thomas A.
1735:26 September 1900
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1422:11 September 1890
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1167:as the basis; the
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3092:Lists of cruisers
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2750:Ships of the line
2745:Ironclad warships
2726:Warships of Italy
2692:
2691:
2534:978-0-253-35214-9
2515:978-0-415-21478-0
2496:978-0-9576892-2-0
2460:978-1-280-71136-7
2441:978-1-61251-082-8
2401:978-1-55750-352-7
2298:978-0-85177-245-5
2275:978-0-85177-133-5
1826:, pp. 36–37.
1777:, pp. 49–50.
1760:
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1540:12 December 1895
1517:1 September 1892
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1117:16 February 1888
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1676:
1666:
1660:
1650:
1644:
1625:
1619:
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1606:
1590:
1577:
1566:Broken up, 1907
1563:16 January 1894
1543:Broken up, 1913
1520:Broken up, 1912
1502:Broken up, 1920
1499:1 November 1892
1484:Broken up, 1912
1466:Broken up, 1907
1448:Broken up, 1921
1442:1 February 1889
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990:
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899:Broken up, 1920
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1406:
1356:Summary of the
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1035:Summary of the
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414:long tons
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86:Partenope
62:laid down
3068:Category
2760:Cruisers
2112:Willmott
2076:Robinson
1836:Sondhaus
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1697:Service
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3022:Related
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1763:Notes
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2529:ISBN
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