Old-type floating batteries. The Varese has the corners of her casemate cut to give fore-and-aft and beam fire. Walls of casemate tumble home at a sharp angle. Ram bows, twin screws, no sail-power.

AFFONDATORE.

AFFONDATORE.

Double-turreted monitor ram. High-sided, with half sail-power and superstructures forward and abaft the turrets. Armored belt enclosing the water-line to the upper-deck beams. Long ram bow, continued up and forming a topgallant forecastle nearly as high as the top of the turret. Musket-proof superstructure surrounding the engine-room. Stern-frames carried up to form a spar-deck cabin. No fore-and-aft fire. Single screw. This vessel was the Italian flag-ship at the Battle of Lissa.

ITALIAN UNARMORED FLEET.
(Rapid Cruisers.)

Type and Name. Displacement. Maximum
Speed.		 Battery.
Tons.Knots.
2d Class Corvettes.
Cristoforo Colombo 2,50016.2V 4¾-inch.
 Staffetta1,48512.5 V 3-inch.
 Rapido1,42611.8
Gun-boats.
 Agostin65017 II 4¾-inch.
 Barbarigo65017
 Marcantonio65017
 Colonna65017
Torpedo Vessels.
 Pietro Micca51214.5 Torpedoes.
 Seb. Verniero512
 And. Provano512

ITALIAN GENERAL-SERVICE FLEET.
(Old-Type Steam Cruisers.)

Type and Name. Displacement. Construction
Material.		 Guns.
Tons.
Frigates.
Vittorio Emanuele3,420Wood22
Maria Adelaide3,460”24
Corvettes.
Vettor Pisani1,580”14
Carracciolo1,580” 6
Garibaldi1,440” 8
Dispatch Vessel.
Vedetta 790Iron 4
1st Class Gun-boats.
Scilla1,050Wood 4
Cariddi1,050” 4
Guardiano 265” 1
Sentinella 265Iron 1
2nd Class Gun-boats.
Veloce 274Wood 4
Ardita 274” 4
Conflenza 262” 4
Paddle-wheel Corvettes.
Governolo1,700” 8
Ettore Fieramosca 1,400” 6
Guiscardo1,400” 6
Archimede1,300” 6
Dispatch Vessels.
Esploratore1,080” 4
Messaggiero1,080” 4
Transports.
Citta di Genova3,730” 4
Citta di Napoli3,730” 8
Europa2,300Iron 2
Conte Cavour1,870” 2
Washington1,400” 2
Doria1,100” 2
Depot Vessel.
Vulcano 276Wood