It had a displacement of 554 t length 47,2 meters and speeds of 10 knots with an engine apparatus that developed 430 hp. the height of the mast was somewhat reduced compared to the size of the hull but the times of the sail were now at sunset and the sail had now, compared to the steam engine, an auxiliary and training function.
Placed under the command of vessel lieutenant Angelo Chionio, the 19 July unit will be located in the Red Sea, in Massaua, destined to carry out the usual activity of colonial ships: coastal surveillance, repression of the slave trade, support missions to the work of consular agents. It was radiated in the 1920.
Source: Military Navy
