The Italians had decided in the early 1870s on a naval policy of owning a very small number of battleships, Nevertheless they were the most powerful in the world.
AmaItali agqiba kwapha kuqala ngonyaka wewaka elinamakhulu asibhozo anesixhenxe kumadabi enqanawa kumthetho wokuthathela awona mancinci amanani wamadabi enqanawa, ngoko kunjalo babebona ilizwe linamandla kwilizwe lonke.