Impetuoso-class destroyer
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Class overview |
Name: |
Impetuoso class |
Operators: |
Marina Militare |
Preceded by: |
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Succeeded by: |
Impavido class |
In service: |
1957 |
In commission: |
1956–1983 |
Completed: |
2 |
Retired: |
2 |
General characteristics |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Displacement: |
- 2,775 tons standard
- 3,810 tons full load
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Length: |
127.6 m (419 ft) |
Beam: |
13.2 m (43 ft) |
Draught: |
4.5 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion: |
- 2 shaft geared turbines
- 4 Foster Wheeler boilers providing 65,000 hp
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Speed: |
34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range: |
3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement: |
315 |
Armament: |
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The Impetuoso class were the first post-World War II destroyers built for the Italian Navy. The hull design was based on the uncompleted Comandante-class destroyers but American equipment (guns, radar, machinery) was used. A scheme to install guided missiles during a modernisation programme was proposed but not carried out. The two ships were ordered in 1952, entered service in 1957 and were retired in the early 1980s.
Ships
Name |
Pennant number |
Builder |
Commissioned |
Fate |
Impetuoso |
D558 |
CNR Riva Trigoso |
25 January 1958 |
Decommissioned 1983 |
Indomito |
D559 |
Ansaldo, Livorno |
23 February 1958 |
Decommissioned 1980 |
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- List of destroyers of the Marina Militare
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