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.

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