Ardito-class destroyer
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Builders= |Operators=Kingdom of Italy |Class before={{sclass|Indomito|destroyer|4}} |Class after={{sclass|Audace|destroyer|4 | 1913}}
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The Ardito class of destroyers consisted of two ships—{{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardito|1912|2}} and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardente||2}}—that were built for the Italian {{lang|it|Regia Marina}} (Royal Navy) in the 1910s.
Design
The ships of the Ardito class were {{cvt|74.8|m|ftin}} long at the waterline and {{cvt|73|m|ftin}} long overall, with a beam of {{cvt|7.3|m|ftin}} and a draft of {{cvt|2.4|m|ftin}}. They displaced {{cvt|695|LT|lk=on}} standard and up to {{cvt|790|LT}} at full load. They had a crew of 4 officers and 65 enlisted men. The ships were powered by two Parsons steam turbines, with steam provided by four Thornycroft water-tube boilers. The engines were rated to produce {{convert|16000|shp|lk=on}} for a top speed of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}, though in service they reached as high as {{convert|33.4|kn}} from {{cvt|15733|shp}}. At a more economical speed of {{convert|14|kn}}, the ships could cruise for {{convert|1200|nmi|lk=in}}.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|pp=268–269}}
The ships carried an armament that consisted of a single {{cvt|120|mm}} gun and four {{cvt|76|mm|0}} guns, along with two {{cvt|450|mm|1}} torpedo tubes. The 102 mm gun was placed on the forecastle and two of the 76 mm guns were mounted abreast the funnels, with the remaining pair at the stern. The torpedo tubes were in single mounts, both on the centerline.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|pp=268–269}}
Ships
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| scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Laid down ! scope="col" | launched{{sfn|Fraccaroli|p=269}} ! scope="col" | Completed ! scope="col" | Shipyard{{sfn|Fraccaroli|p=269}} |
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| scope="row" | {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardito|1912|2}}
| | 20 October 1912 | | rowspan="2" | {{lang|it|Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando}}, Livorno |
| scope="row" | {{ship|Italian destroyer|Ardente||2}}
| | 15 December 1912 | |
Service history
Ardito was struck from the naval register on 2 October 1931 and discarded, while Ardente remained in the navy's inventory until 11 March 1937, when she too was struck and broken up.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|p=269}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book
|last=Fraccaroli
|first=Aldo
|chapter=Italy
|pages=252–290
|editor1-last=Gardiner
|editor1-first=Robert
|editor2-last=Gray
|editor2-first=Randal
|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
|year=1985
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|isbn=978-0-85177-245-5
| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2
|name-list-style=amp
|ref={{sfnref|Fraccaroli}}
}}
{{Ardito class destroyer}}