Italian cruiser Etna ship for Rear Admiral Alfredo Acton during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. The old cruiser was sold for scrapping on 15 May 1921, and was the last surviving ship of her class. Italian cruiser Etna Etna was a protected cruiser of the Italian "Regia Marina" (Royal Navy) built in the 1880s. She was the lead ship of the , which included three sister ships. Named for Mount Etna on the island of Sicily, the ship was laid down in January 1883, was launched in September 1885, and was completed in December 1887. She was armed with a main
Etna (sternwheeler) bore and stroke of . In December 1912, Etna Transportation Company, owners of "Etna", bought an electric generator to install on the steamer. Electric lights were made necessary because of the increased level of traffic on the river required the steamer to operate during darkness, particularly in the winter when the days were shorter. Horace Campbell planned to use "Etna" on the Lewis River route in conjunction with the sternwheeler "Mascot". Logging camps and mills up the Lewis river depended on shallow-draft steamers like "Etna" to bring in supplies. "Etna" also carried passengers. In June 1910, when low water barred