Italian cruiser Ettore Fieramosca

Ettore Fieramosca, possibly at Algiers
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name:	Ettore Fieramosca
Namesake:	Ettore Fieramosca
Builder:	Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Laid down:	31 December 1885
Launched:	30 August 1888
Commissioned:	16 November 1889
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 1909
General characteristics
Class and type:	Etna-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	3,538 long tons (3,595 t)
Length:	290 ft (88.4 m)
Beam:	43 ft 4 in (13.2 m)
Draft:	18 ft 9 in (5.7 m)
Installed power:	7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) 4 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 horizontal compound steam engines
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range:	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	17 officers and 298 men
Armament:	2 × 10-inch (254 mm)/30 guns 6 × 6-inch (152 mm)/40 guns 6 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss 8 × 1-pounder Hotchkiss guns 3 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Deck: 1.5-inch (38 mm) Conning tower: .5 in (13 mm)

Ettore Fieramosca was a protected cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the 1880s. She was the fourth and final member of the Etna class, which included three sister ships of slightly smaller dimensions. Named for the condottiero of the same name, she was the only member of her class not named for a volcano. The ship was laid down in December 1885, launched in August 1888, and was commissioned in November 1889. She was armed with a main battery of two 10-inch (254 mm) and six 6-inch (152 mm) guns, and could steam at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

Ettore Fieramosca had a relatively uneventful career; her first decade in service was confined to the normal peacetime routine of training with the Italian fleet. She thereafter spent most of her career abroad, including a deployment to China to help suppress the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and tours in African and North American waters in the mid-1900s. She was stricken from the naval register in July 1909 and sold for scrap.

Compared to her half-sisters, Ettore Fieramosca was almost 7 feet (2.1 m) longer at 290 feet (88.4 m) between perpendiculars, and 10 inches (0.3 m) wider with a beam of 43 feet 4 inches (13.2 m). She had a mean draft of 18 feet 9 inches (5.7 m) and displaced 3,538 long tons (3,595 t). Her crew numbered 17 officers and 298 men. Designed to be a half-knot faster than her sisters, the ship had two horizontal compound steam engines, each driving a single propeller, with steam provided by four double-ended cylindrical boilers. Ettore Fieramosca was the fastest ship in her class and reached a maximum speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) from 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW) during her sea trials. She had a cruising radius of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).