 Coatit
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| History | |
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| Name | Coatit |
| Namesake | Battle of Coatit |
| Builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia |
| Laid down | 8 April 1897 |
| Launched | 15 November 1899 |
| Commissioned | 1 October 1900 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 11 June 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Agordat-class torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | Full load: 1,292 long tons (1,313 t) |
| Length | 91.6 m (300 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 9.32 m (30 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 3.54 m (11 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range | 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 153–185 |
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| Armor | Deck: 20 mm (0.79 in) |
Coatit was a torpedo cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the late 1890s. She was the second and final member of the Agordat class. The ship, which was armed with twelve 76 mm (3 in) guns and two 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes, was too slow and short-ranged to be able to scout effectively for the fleet, so her career was limited. She saw action during the Italo-Turkish War in 1911–1912, where she provided gunfire support to Italian troops in North Africa. She also caused a minor diplomatic incident from an attack on retreating Ottoman soldiers in Anatolia. Coatit was part of an international fleet sent to Constantinople when the city appeared to be at risk of falling to the Bulgarian Army during the First Balkan War. In 1919, she was converted into a minelayer and was sold for scrap in 1920.