 According to legislative provision, these ships were constructed with the possibility of transforming them into auxiliary cruisers, so there was enough space left on deck to accommodate four 120mm cannons.Cannons and the matériel required for the military upgrade were stored in Massawa for two ships, and in Naples for the other two.During the two years of peace "Ramb I" transported bananas from Italian Somaliland to Venice, Naples and Genoa, and carried various goods to Mogadishu on her return journeys.