 Iride probably in the late 1890s
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| History | |
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| Name | Iride |
| Builder | Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia |
| Laid down | 21 February 1889 |
| Launched | 20 July 1890 |
| Commissioned | 1 November 1892 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap in December 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Partenope-class torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | Normal: 931 long tons (946 t) |
| Length | 73.1 m (239 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 8.22 m (27 ft) |
| Draft | 3.48 m (11 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 18.1 to 20.8 knots (33.5 to 38.5 km/h; 20.8 to 23.9 mph) |
| Range | 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 96–121 |
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Iride was a torpedo cruiser of the Partenope class built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. Laid down in February 1889 at the Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia shipyard, she was launched in July 1890 and was commissioned in November 1892. Her main armament were her six torpedo tubes, which were supported by a battery of ten small-caliber guns. Iride spent most of her career in the main Italian fleet, where she was primarily occupied with training exercises. During the Italo-Turkish War in September 1911, she remained in Italian waters until late in the conflict; she escorted a troop convoy to North Africa in April 1912 and bombarded Ottoman positions in June and July. Iride was eventually broken up for scrap in December 1920.