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Sunday 25 December 2016

Boiler explosion on board of Italian torpedo boat 1st class Aquila according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1895-1896 No. 7

An item reported that on 3rd July the Italian torpedo boat 1st class Aquila left la Spezia, Italy underway towards Genoa for her speed trials. When she steamed full speed exploded a boiler killing 4 men and wounding 17 men of her crew of totally 27 men.