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''Puglia'' was a protected cruiser of the Italian ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy). She was the last of six ships, all of which were named for regions of Italy.〔"Lombardia"〕 She was built in Taranto between October 1893 and May 1901, when she was commissioned into the fleet. The ship was equipped with a main armament of four and six guns, and she could steam at a speed of . ''Puglia'' served abroad for much of her early career, including periods in South American and East Asian waters. She saw action in the Italo-Turkish War in 1911–12, primarily in the Red Sea. During the war she bombarded Ottoman ports in Arabia and assisted in enforcing a blockade on maritime traffic in the area. She was still in service during World War I; the only action in which she participated was the evacuation of units from the Serbian Army from Durazzo in February 1916. During the evacuation, she bombarded the pursuing Austro-Hungarian Army. After the war, ''Puglia'' was involved in the occupation of the Dalmatian coast, and in 1920 her captain was murdered in a violent confrontation in Split with Croatian nationalists. The old cruiser was sold for scrapping in 1923, but much of her bow was preserved at the Vittoriale degli italiani museum. ==Design== (詳細はsister ships. long overall and had a beam of and a draft of . She displaced up to at full load. Her propulsion system consisted of a pair of vertical triple-expansion engines, with steam supplied by four cylindrical water-tube boilers.〔Gardiner, p. 349〕 ''Puglia'' was capable of steaming at a top speed of .〔Brassey, p. 280〕 The ship had a cruising radius of about at a speed of . She had a crew of between 213–78.〔 ''Puglia'' was armed with a main battery of four L/40 guns mounted singly, with two side by side forward and two side by side aft. Six L/40 guns were placed between them, with three on each broadside. Light armament included eight guns, eight guns, and a pair of machine guns. She was also equipped with two torpedo tubes. ''Puglia'' was protected by a thick deck, unlike her sisters which all had decks twice as thick. Her conning tower had 50 mm thick sides.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Italian cruiser Puglia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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