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TIL Italy built 10 armored cruisers in the 1890s, kept 3, and sold the rest to Argentina, Spain, and Japan, one was sunk without her guns ever being installed, another rammed a friendly ship on her third week of service, and two survived long enough to fight in both the Russo-Japanese War and WWI
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TIL Italy built 10 armored cruisers in the 1890s, kept 3, and sold the rest to Argentina, Spain, and Japan, one was sunk without her guns ever being installed, another rammed a friendly ship on her third week of service, and two survived long enough to fight in both the Russo-Japanese War and WWI

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TIL Italy built 10 armored cruisers in the 1890s, kept 3, and sold the rest to Argentina, Spain, and Japan, one was sunk without her guns ever being installed, another rammed a friendly ship on her third week of service, and two survived long enough to…

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