Folgore-class cruiser

Folgore early in her career
Class overview
Operators	Kingdom of Italy
Preceded by	Goito class
Succeeded by	Partenope class
In commission	1887–1908
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo cruiser
Displacement	364 long tons (370 t)
Length	56.7 meters (186 ft)
Beam	6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Installed power	4 × locomotive boilers 2,150 indicated horsepower (1,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 × double-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	57–70
Armament	3 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns

The Folgore class was a pair of torpedo cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. The two ships—Folgore and Saetta—were designed by Benedetto Brin during a period of experimentation with the theories of the Jeune École in the 1880s. The vessels were armed with three 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes, and they had a top speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph). Both ships' careers were uneventful, and they spent most of their time in service conducting training exercises. Folgore was seriously damaged in a collision in 1889, and was thereafter reduced to reserve status, as the damage could not be completely repaired. She was eventually sold for scrapping in 1900, while Saetta served as a gunnery training ship from 1897 to 1908, when she too was dismantled.