 Sardegna spent the first decade of her career in the Active Squadron of the Italian fleet . Thereafter , she was transferred to the Reserve Squadron , and by 1911 , she was part of the Training Division . She took part in the Italo @-@ Turkish War of 1911 – 12 , where she escorted convoys to North Africa and supported Italian forces ashore by bombarding Ottoman troops . During World War I , Sardegna served as the flagship of the naval forces defending Venice against a possible attack from the Austro @-@ Hungarian Navy , which did not materialize . After the city became threatened following the Battle of Caporetto in November 1917 , the ship was withdrawn to Brindisi and later Taranto , where she continued to serve as a guard ship . She took part in Allied operations in Turkey in 1919 – 22 , and after returning to Italy in 1923 , she was broken up for scrap . 
