Italian cruiser Folgore

Folgore was a torpedo cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), the lead ship of the.

Design
Folgore was 56.7 m long overall and had a beam of 6.31 m and an average draft of 2.15 m. She displaced 364 MT 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. Folgore could steam at a speed of 17 kn from 2150 ihp. She had a crew of between 57–70.

The primary armament for Folgore was three 14 in torpedo tubes. She was also equipped with two 57 mm /43 guns and four 37 mm /25 guns, all mounted singly. The ship carried no armor protection.

Service history
Folgore was built at the Regio Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia (Royal Dockyard in Castellammare di Stabia). She was launched on 29 September 1886 and was completed on 16 February 1887.

The ship's career was cut short on 5 July 1889, when she collided with the protected cruiser ITALIAN CRUISER Giovanni Bausan while the two ships were steaming off Capri. Folgore was badly damaged, and she could not be repaired to her original condition. She was accordingly laid up; as of 1895, she was located in La Spezia, along with her sister ship ITALIAN CRUISER Saetta. She remained in reserve until 12 April 1900, when the Regia Marina sold the ship for scrap. Folgore was thereafter broken up.