NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Folgore			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	1885	29.9.1886	16.2.1887	discarded 4.1900
Saetta			R. Cantiere di Castellamare di Stabia	1886	30.5.1887	16.2.1888	TS 1897, discarded 5.1908

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Folgore: 364 Saetta: 394
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.7
Breadth, m	6.31
Draught, m	Folgore: 2.15 Saetta: 2.27
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VDE, 4 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	Folgore: 2150 Saetta: 2130
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 90
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 57/43 N, 4 x 1 - 37/25 H lungo, 3 x 1 - 350 TT
Complement	57 - 70

Standard scale images

Project history

Officially described as torpediniere-avvisos, these vessels were designed by Gen Insp Benedetto Brin and were steel-hulled, with engines by Hawthorn Leslie and Co.

Modernizations

1897, Saetta: - 3 x 1 - 37/25, 3 x 1 - 350 TT;  + 1 x 1 - 76/40 A, 2 x 1 - 57/40 H, 2 x 1 - 47/40 H, 1 x 5 - 37/20 H corto

Naval service

Folgore was damaged in a collision with cruiser Giovanni Bausan off Capri on 5.7.89 and was consequently put in reserve and, never again reaching her original efficiency, was discarded. Saetta was used for experiments with oil fuel in 1892; in 1897-1900 she was a torpedo TS. In 1901 she became a TS for gunners, and in 1902 mounted a number of different light guns.