Italian naval budget for 1897-1897 included large shipbuilding program according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1896-1897 no. 8

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht reporting that the Italian naval budget for 1897-1898 consisted of the building of 3 ships of the 1st class, 5 of the 2nd and 3rd class and further more destroyers and torpedo boats.