Italian cruiser Confienza
Confienza was the last of four torpedo cruisers built for the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. She was armed with a variety of light guns and five torpedo tubes, and was capable of a top speed of . The ship was built in the late 1880s, with her keel laying in September 1887 at the Arsenale di La Spezia; she was completed in April 1890 and thereafter entered service with the Italian fleet. "Confienza" had a short and uneventful career; she spent her time in Italian waters and did not see any action. Stricken from  the naval register in August 1901, she was thereafter broken up for scrap. Design. "Confienza" was long overall and had a beam of and an average draft of . She displaced normally. Her propulsion system consisted of two double-expansion steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-fired locomotive boilers. "Confienza" was slightly slower than her three sister ships, with a top speed of from ; the other members of her class were a knot faster. "Confienza" had a cruising radius of at a speed of . She had a crew of between 105 and 121 . The primary armament for "Confienza" was five torpedo tubes. She carried a heavier gun armament than her sisters, and was the only vessel of the class to carry a medium-caliber weapon, a single 32-caliber (cal.) gun mounted on the bow. She also carried a light gun battery for defense against torpedo boats. This consisted of six 40-cal. guns and two 20-cal. guns, all mounted singly. The ship was protected with an armored deck that was thick. Service history. The keel for "Confienza" was laid down at the Arsenale di La Spezia in September 1887, the last  member of her class to begin construction. She was launched on 28 July 1889, and fitting-out work was completed on 11 April 1890. She then began her sea trials, which concluded in June. On 1 October, she was stationed in Taranto along with the ironclads and , the protected cruisers , , and , the torpedo cruisers and , and several other vessels. She remained there through 1894. Later in 1894, the ship was assigned to the Third Division of the Italian fleet, along with the ironclad and the newly commissioned protected cruiser . The following year, "Confienza" was stationed in the 2nd Maritime Department , split between Taranto and Naples, along with most of the torpedo cruisers in the Italian fleet. These included her sister ships , , and , the eight s, and . The ship was stationed in Naples in 1900, along with the old ironclads , , and , the armored cruiser , the other three "Goito"-class cruisers, "Tripoli", and the two new s. "Confienza"s career was the shortest of the members of her class, having spent just over a decade in service before she was stricken from the naval register on 26 August 1901 and broken up for scrap.