Impetuoso-class destroyer
Class overview | |
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Name | Impetuoso class |
Operators | Italian Navy |
Preceded by |
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Succeeded by | Template:Sclass- |
In service | 1957 |
In commission | 1956–1983 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 127.6 m (419 ft) |
Beam | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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Impetuoso | D 558 | CNR Riva Trigoso | 25 January 1958 | Decommissioned 1983 |
Indomito | D 559 | Ansaldo, Livorno | 23 February 1958 | Decommissioned 1980 |