Year 1905
In 1905, in August, a naval team of the Regia Marina including the Armored Cruisers Varese, Vettor Pisani, and Carlo Alberto dropped anchor in the bay of Sanremo, while other units of the Squadron were available from Ventimiglia to Diano Marina.
The Armored Cruiser Varese was launched in 1899, built by the Orlando Shipyard in Livorno and entered service in 1901 and was an excellent unit both in terms of design and construction.
It was an intermediate model between the Battleship and the Cruiser, combining the firepower of the former with the speed and manoeuvrability of the latter. It was, as they say, such a successful model that several Foreign Marines bought it in the same class.
The Varese Ship participated in the Italo-Turkish War and from 1920 to 1922 was used as a school ship for the students of the Naval Academy.
It was finally disbarred in 1923.
Characteristics : Displacement 8.100 tons p.c. Speed 20 knots. Case hardened steel protection Harvey system from 38 mm.(bridge) to 150 mm. (tower and artillery shields) Armament: 2 pieces of 203/45 mm. 1 Piece from 254/40 mm. 14 pieces of 152/40 mm. 10 pieces from 76/40 mm. 6 pieces Hotchkiss MK 1 from 47/50 mm. 2 Gunner Maxim MG, 4 Tubes Torpedo Launcher 450 mm. Crew 549 permanent effective, complement 1200.
As mentioned above, it was such a successful model that Argentina commissioned four of them: 
General Garibaldi, General San Martin, General Belgrano and Pueyrredon.
Japan two : Nisshin and Kasuga. Spain one : Cristobal Colon.
Italy was incredibly the last with Giuseppe Garibaldi, Francesco Ferruccio and of course Varese.
Here at the sides the Argentine ships, derived from the Varese.
The Armored Cruiser Vettor Pisani (Vettor Pisani and not Vittor Pisani as erroneously written on the photo) was launched in 1895 and was completed in 1899.
Equipped with a sea hull and a maneuverer, it was deficient in weaponry in terms of calibre, type and arrangement of the pieces.
It distinguished itself from the Head of Class Carlo Alberto for the presence of the main mast, in addition to the foremast, among which in 1902 Guglielmo Marconi laid the antennas for the first experiments in long distance radio transmission.
In 1900 it was sent to China with landing troops to protect the Italian Legation and European interests during the Boxers' Uprising.
It also took part in the Italo-Turkish War and in 1911 it took part in the conquest of Libya.
Note how the second picture of Vettor Pisani is a picture after modifications because one tree has been removed, while the other has two trees right where Marconi did his experiment.
Characteristics Displacement 7128 tons fully loaded. Speed 18.60 knots. Protection from 37mm.(bridge) to 150mm. (belt, artillery, tower). Armament : 12 pieces from 152/40 mm. 4 pieces from 120/40 mm. 14 pieces from 57/40 mm. 8 pieces from 37/20 mm. 2 MG Machine Gunners 2 Pieces of 75mm. 5 Tubes Tube Throwers 450 mm.
The Armored Cruiser Carlo Alberto was launched in 1896 and went into service in 1898.
Like the Vettor Pisani, it had deficiencies in armament by calibre, type and layout.
He took part in the Italo-Turkish War.
It was transformed in 1917 /1918 into a Troop Transport Ship and took the name Regia Nave Zenson.
It was disbarred in 1920.
Characteristics Displacement 7170 tons p.c. Speed 19.50 knots. Armament : 12 pieces of 152/40 mm. 6 pieces of 120/40 mm. 2 pieces of 75 mm. 10 pieces of 37 mm. 10 pieces of 57 mm. 2 machine-guns 5 tubes of 450 mm.
(sources : for the notes "Profumo di Salsedine" by Marco Macchi and "Bozzo Navi da Guerra Archives"; images from postcards from the Dino Taulaigo Collection).