Italian cruiser Amalfi

Rear quarter view of Amalfi underway at slow speed
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Amalfi
Namesake	Amalfi
Builder	Odero, Sestri Ponente
Laid down	24 July 1905
Launched	5 May 1908
Completed	1 September 1909
Fate	Sunk by U-26, 7 July 1915
General characteristics
Class and type	Pisa-class armored cruiser
Displacement	9,832 t (9,677 long tons)
Length	426 ft 6 in (130.00 m) (pp) 461 ft (140.5 m) (oa)
Beam	68 ft 11 in (21.01 m)
Draft	22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
Installed power	20,000 ihp (15,000 kW) 22 × coal-fired Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 × propeller shafts 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Endurance	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Armament	2 × twin 254 mm (10.0 in)/45 guns 4 × twin 190 mm (7.5 in)/45 guns 16 × single 76 mm (3.0 in) guns 8 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 200 mm (7.9 in) Deck: 130 mm (5.1 in) Conning tower: 180 mm (7.1 in) 10 in gun turrets: 160 mm (6.3 in) 7.5 in gun turrets: 130 mm (5.1 in)

Amalfi was a Pisa-class armored cruiser of the Italian Royal Navy (Italian: Regia Marina) built in the first decade of the 20th century. During the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, Amalfi operated with the Italian fleet off Tripoli in September 1911 and participated in the amphibious landings at Derna in October. In April 1912, Amalfi and sister ship Pisa led the way in attacks on Turkish forts in the Dardanelles. After the rest of the fleet retired later in the month, the pair of armored cruisers remained in the area to attack Turkish communications facilities. After the Treaty of Lausanne signed in October 1912 ended the war, Amalfi escorted the Italian king and queen on the royal yacht to Germany and Sweden during a 1913 visit.

At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Italy declined to join her Triple Alliance partners, Germany and Austria-Hungary. The country was eventually persuaded to side with the Entente Powers and declared war on neighboring Austria-Hungary in May 1915. After the Austro-Hungarian Navy raided the Italian coast with relative impunity in May and June, Amalfi, Pisa, and two other armored cruisers were sent to Venice to thwart future sorties by the Austrians. Shortly after their arrival, the ships were sent—in a show of force—to patrol near the main Austrian naval base at Pola on the night of 6/7 July 1915. During Amalfi's return from that mission, she was torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U-26 (in fact SM UB-14 flying the Austro-Hungarian flag, since Germany and Italy were not yet at war) and sunk with the loss of 67 men. Amalfi's loss caused the Italians to keep the other armored cruisers at Venice in port for most of the next year before they were eventually relocated.