During the era of the battleship, which is the pre-dreadnought battleship era, the Italian Navy had built what were at the time the best battleships, and in 1890, they possessed a naval total tonnage ranking fourth in the world at 242,000 tons.
It should be noted that Italy at the time was not considered a highly powerful nation and still ranked at the bottom among the great powers.
The ability to arm an army of over 400,000 and the fourth-largest navy in the world was enough to prove Umberto's ambition and also demonstrated the truly excellent military technology research and development capabilities of the Italians.
At least in naval terms, Spain could still learn a lot from Italy. If cooperation with Italy could be deepened, by the time of the pre-dreadnought battleship era, Spain and Italy could quickly become countries with battleships.
