Fulmine could make 26 knots and travel 1,500 nautical miles at 8 knots, a useful combination for Italy's extensive coastline and operating area. The small destroyer carried a crew of 48 and a mixed gun and torpedo armament. Its useful service in the Italo-Turkish War demonstrated its ability to support operations. Fitting the facilities available to Italy required a compact hull, while the required range demanded room for fuel. That left limited space for machinery, ammunition, and personnel, a constraint that recurred in later Italian designs.
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Fulmine and the limits of a 300-ton destroyer
Fulmine's speed and range had to fit a small hull, leaving fuel, machinery, ammunition, and crew competing for space.