Impetuoso-class destroyer

Class overview

Name:	Impetuoso class
Operators:	Marina Militare
Preceded by:	Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class (planned) Soldati class (actual)
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
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
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:	2 × twin 127/38 mm gun 2 × quad Bofors 40 mm guns 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × 533 mm double torpedo launchers

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

Impetuoso-class destroyers

Impetuoso Indomito

Preceded by: Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class (planned) / Soldati class (actual) Followed by: Impavido class

List of destroyers of the Marina Militare

Italian destroyers, frigates and corvette classes post-1945

Destroyers	Impetuoso Impavido Audace Durand de la Penne

Frigates	Canopo Bergamini Alpino Lupo Maestrale Soldati Orrizonte class FREMM class

Corvettes	Albatros Pietro De Cristofaro Minerva

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