In addition to the Carlo Alberto, flagship, the torpedo rams Giovanni Bausan, Umbria, Calabria (formerly in the Caribbean Sea), Etna (sailing for the American coasts of the Pacific) and shortly after also Piedmont and Dogali are destined to be part of the Division. : an important complex of forces to which the steamship Bisagno is attached for the logistic part.
Wanted by Minister Benedetto Brin to watch over national interests in America during the turbulent political situation on the island of Cuba (in the nineteenth century Cuba, like many other Spanish colonies, began to ask for independence from Spain), hostilities between Spain and the United States ( accentuated after the sinking caused by an explosion on board the USS Maine in the port of Havana due, due to accidental causes but which the United States interpreted as an act of sabotage), but also to resolve particular issues underway with some central republics Americans who could give occasion to a naval demonstration or to a coercive action by the Royal Navy.
Source: Military Navy
