The 02 September 1880 happened: Proof of strength

02/09/14

2a Division (battleships Palestro and Rome, warning Marcantonio Colonna) of the Permanent Squad sets sail from Palermo to the island of Gravosa where it will join the international formation (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia) under the command of the British admiral Frederick Beauchamp Seymour for a show of force against the Ottoman Empire that opposed the sale of the Albanian port of Ulcinj to the Principality of Montenegro and protect European citizens during the military operations conducted by Prince Nicholas I Petrovic Njegos against the Turks.

On November 30 the Ottoman Empire will consent to the sale of Ulcinj, the international team will be dissolved and units of Admiral Fincati will return to La Spezia in December.

Source: Military Navy