The steel cruisers mentioned in the chapter, the _Etna_, _Stromboli_, and _Vesuvio_, are 283 feet 6 inches in length, 43 feet in beam, 19 feet 3 inches in draught, and displace 3530 tons; with forced draft 7700 indicated horse-power and 19 knots are to be developed. Their armament is to consist of two 10-inch (25-ton) Armstrong breech-loaders, mounted in an unarmored barbette on the fore and aft line, six 6-inch guns on sponsons, eight rapid-fire and machine guns, and four torpedo-tubes—two submerged at the bow and two above water in broadside. The _Fieramosca_ of the same class is slightly different in dimensions, and the _Tripoli_, _Goito_, _Monzambano_, and _Montebello_ are rapid torpedo-cruisers, 229 feet 6 inches in length, 25 feet 10 inches in beam, 9 feet 6 inches in mean draught, and of 741 tons displacement. They were designed to develop 4200 indicated horse-power and a speed of 22 knots; but it is claimed that the _Tripoli_, which was launched at Castellamare in August, 1886, realized a speed of twenty-four knots, and maintained a twenty-three knot rate for fifty miles. The engines of the _Monzambano_ and _Montebello_ will be triple-expansion, and those of the _Tripoli_ and _Goito_ of the two-cylinder compound inclined type. These vessels have three screws, one shaft coming out underneath the keel at an angle of eight degrees, while the others are carried farther forward on either side. The armament consists of four 57-millimetre and four 37-millimetre rapid-fire guns, of three 37-millimetre revolving cannons, and of five torpedo-tubes, two at the bow, fixed, and three training—one aft and one on each beam. The _Confienza_, a small twin-screw cruiser of nearly the same dimensions, carries four 4.72-inch guns, together with rapid-fire and machine guns, and five torpedo-tubes. She is to develop 17.5 knots and 2800 horse-power, and, like the _Tripoli_ class in general, has very light steel frames and plating, and resembles outwardly an enlarged torpedo-boat. The _Folgore_ and _Saetta_ are torpedo-vessels, similar in type to the _Tripoli_, but smaller; the _Archimede_ and the _Galileo_ are armed despatch-vessels of the _Barbarigo_ type; and the _Volturno_ and _Curtatone_ are cruising gun-vessels. Other notable additions to the fleet are the partially protected steel cruiser _Angelo Emo_, of 2100 tons, the _Dogali_, and the National Line steamer _America_. The _Angelo Emo_ was designed by Mr. White, and built at Elswick for the Greek government, but subsequently she was bought by the Italians, and has, under her new name, made a capital record. The _Dogali_ is a twin-screw, lightly protected steel cruiser, built at Elswick. The displacement is 2000 tons, length 250 feet, and beam 37 feet; on the first trial the triple-expansion engines developed 8100 horse-power and a speed of 18.5 knots, and later, with 7600 horse-power and 154 revolutions, a speed of 19.66 knots was attained. The armament is to consist of six