An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the Italian cruiser San Marco fitted out with Parsons-turbines performed her first trial underway from La Spezia towards Savona, Italy with a maximum speed of 24 miles with 480rpm of both screws. The other trials were also a success.(1)
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1. Of the San Giorgio-class wit as sister ship the San Giorgio. Improved Pisa-class design. Building ordered on 18 September 1905, laid down at the Regio Cantieri do Castellammare di Stabia, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy on 2 January 1907, launched on 20 December 1908, reclassified as a radio controlled target ship in 1931 and converted between 1931-1935, captured by German forces at La Spezia on 9 September 1943, found back at the end of the war while sunk in 1945, stricken on 27 February 1947 and finally broken up in 1949.
