Thursday - The Volturno gunboat under the command of the frigate captain Francesco Mongiardini, participates in Zanzibar as an observer of the events of the short Anglo-Zanzibar war of succession, together with a Germanic and a Portuguese ship.
The Volturno that will provide protection, in addition to the Italian consulate, the Austrian and French, the care of the wounded and shelter on board the Italian and French communities.
[At the death of the Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini, in charge of the 1893 and directly controlled by the British colonial authorities, his nephew Khalid bin Bargash, unpopular to the British, seized power with a coup d'état. After an ultimatum there was a brief conflict, which lasted just under an hour, during which five British warships stationed in the area bombarded the palace and set up departments of Royal Marines that were the reason for the sultanal troops. The British authorities proclaimed their candidate Hamoud bin Mohammed and Sultan Zanzibar became a British protectorate. The new sultan consenting to British demands closed the center of the slave trade of the island by prohibiting slavery and freeing the slaves of the country]
