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>torpedo boats, like the Spica, Ariete and Orsa.
the Spica class was equivalent in capability to half a fleet destroyer, except for range; it was more economical for the Regia Marina to build these instead of fleet destroyers like every other navy had to build because they were only going to operate in the Mediterranean

so they were really more than just torpedo boats, they were more capable than other ships which the RN called corvettes and the USN called destroyer-escorts, in respects other than range