Italian cruiser Marco Polo
Marco Polo was an armored cruiser built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s, the first of her type in Italian service. The ship spent the bulk of her career deployed in the Far East. Between deployments she participated in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 during which she caused a diplomatic incident with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After that affair Marco Polo was sent to Libya where she bombarded the towns of Homs, and Zuara and the defenses of the Dardanelles. In between these operations, the ship provided naval gunfire support to the Royal Italian Army in Libya. Due to her age, Marco Polo did not play a significant role in World War I, serving as an accommodation ship in Venice until she began conversion into a troopship in 1917. After a series of renamings in 1920–
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Italian cruiser Marco Polo
Marco Polo was an armored cruiser built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s, the first of her type in Italian service. The ship spent the bulk of her career deployed in the Far East. Between deployments she participated in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 during which she caused a diplomatic incident with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After that affair Marco Polo was sent to Libya where she bombarded the towns of Homs, and Zuara and the defenses of the Dardanelles. In between these operations, the ship provided naval gunfire support to the Royal Italian Army in Libya. Due to her age, Marco Polo did not play a significant role in World War I, serving as an accommodation ship in Venice until she began conversion into a troopship in 1917. After a series of renamings in 1920–
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Marco Polo was an armored crui ...... d subsequently sold for scrap.
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Бронено́сный кре́йсер «Ма́рко ...... рейсера типа «Карло Альберто».
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1894-07-21
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1890-01-07
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1892-10-27
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Sold forscrap, 1922
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*6 single guns
*10 single gu ...... hkiss guns
*5 × torpedo tubes
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1921-01-16
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1921-01-16
1922-01-05
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Marco Polo was an armored crui ...... a series of renamings in 1920–
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Бронено́сный кре́йсер «Ма́рко ...... рейсера типа «Карло Альберто».
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Italian cruiser Marco Polo
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Марко Поло (броненосный крейсер)
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Cortellazzo
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Europa
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Marco Polo
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