Boiler exploded on board of Italian cruiser Quarto according to the Dutch newspaper De Indische courant dated 6 August 1938

An item dated Rome, Italy 5^th reported that an exploded boiler on board of the Italian cruiser Quarto in de harbour of Pollenza, Baleares killed 15 men (of which several petty officers) and wounding another 20. According to a communiqué was the ship not damaged.(1)

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1. Designed by lieutenant commander Giulio Truccone to be used as a scout cruiser. Laid down at the Regia Marine dockyard at Venice, Italy on 14 November 1909, launched on 19 August 1911, completed in early 1913, commissioned on 31 March 1913, stricken on 5 January 1939, used for weapon tests and finally sunk during tests with a MT explosive motorboat executed in in November 1940.