Italian destroyer Fulmine (1898)

History
Fulmine at La Spezia in 1900.
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Fulmine
Namesake	Lightning
Builder	Cantieri navali Odero Sestri Ponente, Italy
Laid down	14 July 1896
Launched	4 December 1898
Commissioned	26 October 1900
Stricken	15 May 1921
Fate	Discarded and scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	298 long tons (303 t) normal 342 long tons (347 t) full load
Length	61.7 m (202 ft 5 in) pp 62.05 m (203 ft 7 in) oa
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × reciprocating steam engines 4× boilers 4,675 hp (3,486 kW)
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	48
Armament	As built: 5 × QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt 57 mm/43 3× 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes Later: 1 × Cannon 76/30 Model 1915 3 × QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt 57 mm/43 2 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes

Fulmine ("Lightning") was the Kingdom of Italy′s first destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1900, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. She was stricken in 1921 and scrapped.