Italian cruiser Saetta  Saetta was a torpedo cruiser built for the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) in the 1880s. Armed with three torpedo tubes and six light guns, she was capable of a top speed of . She was built in the mid-1880s, was launched in May 1887, and was completed in February 1888. "Saetta" spent the first decade of her career serving in the main Italian fleet, where she conducted peacetime training exercises. In 1897, she was withdrawn from front-line service and employed as a gunnery training ship, a role she filled for another decade. The "Regia Marina" ultimately sold "Saetta" for scrap in May 1908. "Saetta" was long overall and had a beam of and an average draft of . She displaced normally. Her propulsion system consisted of a pair of horizontal double-expansion steam engines each driving a single screw propeller, with steam supplied by four coal-fired locomotive boilers. "Saetta" could steam at a speed of from . She had a crew of between 57–70. The primary armament for "Saetta" was three torpedo tubes. She was also equipped with two /43 guns and four /25 guns, all mounted singly. The ship carried no armor protection. "Saetta" was built at the Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia (Royal Dockyard in Castellammare di Stabia). She was launched on 30 May 1887, and was completed on 16 February 1888. That year, she took part in the annual fleet maneuvers, along with five ironclads, a protected cruiser, the torpedo cruisers , , and , and numerous smaller vessels. The maneuvers consisted of close-order drills and a simulated attack on and defense of La Spezia. Later that year, the ship was present during a naval review held for the German Kaiser Wilhelm II during a visit to Italy. In 1892, the "Regia Marina" used "Saetta" to conduct experiments with oil-fired boilers. In 1893, "Saetta" was laid up in Naples for the year; at the time, the Italian fleet mobilized only a handful of vessels for the annual training maneuvers, preferring to keep the most modern vessels in reserve to reduce maintenance costs. The following year, "Saetta" was commissioned for two months to take part in the annual fleet maneuvers; she spent the rest of the year in reserve. She took part in the annual fleet maneuvers in the Reserve Division, along with the ironclad and and the torpedo cruiser .