Italian cruiser Libia
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Libia
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| Name: | Libia |
| Namesake: | Colony of Libia |
| Laid down: | 1907 |
| Launched: | 11 November 1912 |
| Commissioned: | 25 March 1913 |
| Struck: | 11 March 1937 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1937 |
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| Beam: | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
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| Speed: | 22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph) |
| Range: | 3,150 nmi (5,830 km; 3,620 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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Libia was a protected cruiser built in Italy in the 1900s. The ship had originally been laid down in 1907 for the Ottoman Navy and was to have been named Drama, and was based on the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye. She had not been completed by the outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War in 1911 and so she was seized by the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) and was completed in 1913. The ship was armed with two 152 mm (6.0 in) and eight 120 mm (4.7 in) guns, and was capable of a top speed of over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph).
Libia had a relatively uneventful career. Before Italy's entry into World War I, she was involved in the evacuation of Prince William, the ruler of Albania, from Durazzo in late 1914. Following Italy's declaration of war in May 1915, Libia patrolled the Otranto Barrage but did not see action. In 1921–22, she went on a world tour, during which she was featured in a short documentary produced by the then-unknown Frank Capra. In 1925 she was deployed to China, where she remained for nearly a decade. In 1937, the old cruiser was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap.
The design for the new cruiser was based on the British-built Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye. The ship was 103.6 meters (340 ft) long at the waterline and 111.8 m (367 ft) long overall. She had a beam of 14.5 m (48 ft) and a draft of 5.5 m (18 ft). She displaced 3,760 metric tons (3,700 long tons; 4,140 short tons) standard and up to 4,466 t (4,395 long tons; 4,923 short tons) at full load. The ship was fitted with two pole masts. She had a crew of 14 officers and 300 enlisted men. The ship was protected by an armored deck that was 100 mm (4 in) thick, and the conning tower had the same thickness of armor plating on the sides. The main guns were protected by 76 mm (3.0 in) thick gun shields.
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