 Pietro Micca, date unknown
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| Class overview | |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Tripoli |
| History | |
 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Pietro Micca |
| Namesake | Pietro Micca |
| Laid down | 15 February 1875 |
| Launched | 1 August 1875 |
| Completed | 3 July 1877 |
| Stricken | 7 November 1893 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 61.87 m (203 ft) |
| Beam | 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 3.62 m (11 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 12.88 kn (23.85 km/h; 14.82 mph) |
| Complement | 73 |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Deck: 0.8 in (20 mm) steel on 1.6 in (40 mm) wrought iron |
Pietro Micca was the first torpedo cruiser built by the Italian Regia Marina, and one of the first vessels of the type to be built by any navy. She was laid down in February 1875, launched in August 1876, and completed in July 1877. Details of her armament are contradictory, with various sources reporting a range of torpedo weapons, including a single 16-inch (406 mm) torpedo tube, a pair of tubes of undetermined diameter, and as many as six tubes. She proved to be unable to reach the projected speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), and so she did not see much active service. She remained in the Regia Marina's inventory until 1893, but spent most of her 16-year life in the reserve.