Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1899)

Giuseppe Garibaldi was the lead ship of the her class of armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. The ship often served as a flagship and made several deployments to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant during her career. At the beginning of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 she bombarded Tripoli. Giuseppe Garibaldi bombarded Beirut in early 1912 and sank an Ottoman ironclad there. Several months later she bombarded the defenses of the Dardanelles.

Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1899)

Giuseppe Garibaldi was the lead ship of the her class of armored cruisers built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) in the 1890s. The ship often served as a flagship and made several deployments to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant during her career. At the beginning of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–12 she bombarded Tripoli. Giuseppe Garibaldi bombarded Beirut in early 1912 and sank an Ottoman ironclad there. Several months later she bombarded the defenses of the Dardanelles.