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Oriani-class destroyer

{{short description|Class of destroyers}}

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| Ship image = Oriani and her crew.jpg

| Ship caption = Oriani

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = Oriani class

| Builders =

| Operators = *{{navy|Kingdom of Italy|name=Regia Marina}}

  • {{navy|France}}

| Class before = {{sclass|Maestrale|destroyer|4}}

| Class after = {{sclass2|Soldati|destroyer|4}}

| Cost =

| Built range = 1935–1936

| In service range =

| In commission range = 1937–1954

| Total ships completed = 4

| Total ships lost = 3

| Total ships scrapped = 1

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{{Infobox ship characteristics

| Hide header =

| Header caption = (as built)

| Ship type = Destroyer

| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1700

1750|LT|t|lk=on}} (standard)

  • {{convert|2400
2450|LT|t}} (full load)

| Ship length = {{convert|106.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|10.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught = {{convert|3.42

4.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines

| Ship power = *3 Thornycroft boilers

  • {{cvt|48000|hp|kW|lk=on}}

| Ship speed = {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}

| Ship range = {{cvt|2600

2800|nmi|lk=on}} at {{convert|18|kn}}

| Ship complement = 207

| Ship armament = *2 × twin 120 mm Italian naval gun#50-calibre OTO 1936

| Ship notes =

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The Oriani class (also known as the Poeti class), were a group of four destroyers built for the {{lang|it|Regia Marina}} (Royal Italian Navy) in the mid-1930s. They were improved versions of the {{sclass|Maestrale|destroyer|1}}s and had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament. The increase in power, however, disappointed in that there was only a marginal speed improvement. The obsolete 40 mm/39 pom-pom anti-aircraft guns were finally discontinued, being replaced by extra Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun machine guns; otherwise armament was unchanged.

== Modifications ==

Significant upgrades were made to the weapons systems of the two ships that survived Matapan, similar to those made to the Maestrales. One torpedo tube mounting was replaced by two Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda) guns; Breda Model 35 cannon, a 120 mm star-shell gunCampbell, pp. 335–338 and depth charge throwers were also installed. Before the end of the war, one ship, Oriani had a German Seetakt radar and an additional 20 mm cannon.

==Ships==

All four ships were built by O.T.O. Livorno and named after poets:

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Ship

! namesake

! Launched

! Completed

! Notes

{{ship|Italian destroyer|Alfredo Oriani2}}

| Alfredo Oriani

| 30 July 1936

|15 July 1937

|Damaged in the Battle of Cape Matapan, she took part in the successful attack on Harpoon convoy in June 1942. The ship escaped from La Spezia during the Italian Armistice in 1943 and was interned in Malta. She was given to the French Navy as a war reparation, where she served as the D'Estaing until 1954

{{ship|Italian destroyer|Vittorio Alfieri2}}

| Vittorio Alfieri

| 20 December 1936

|1 December 1937

|Sunk on 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Cape Matapan

{{ship|Italian destroyer|Giosuè Carducci2}}

|Giosuè Carducci

|28 October 1936

|1 November 1937

|Sunk 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Cape Matapan

{{ship|Italian destroyer|Vincenzo Gioberti2}}

|Vincenzo Gioberti

|19 September 1936

|27 October 1937

|Sunk on 9 August 1943 by the British submarine {{HMS|Simoom|P225|6}}

Notes

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Brescia|first=Maurizio|title=Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45|year=2012|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-544-8}}
  • {{cite book |last=Campbell |first=John |title =Naval Weapons of World War Two |publisher =Naval Institute Press |date =1985 |location =Annapolis, Maryland |isbn =0-87021-459-4}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Fraccaroli |first1=Aldo |title=Italian Warships of World War II |date=1968 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton, UK |isbn=0-7110-0002-6}}
  • {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau |editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=Italy |last1=Roberts |first1=John|pages=280–317}}
  • {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Chumbley|editor1-first=Stephen|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 |year=1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=1-55750-132-7 |chapter=Italy |last1=Smigielski |first1=Adam |pages=195–218}}
  • {{cite book|first=M. J.|last=Whitley|title=Destroyers of World War 2: An International Encyclopedia |year=1988|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=1-85409-521-8|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}

External links

{{Commons category|Oriani class destroyer}}

  • [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=524 Page from Uboat.net]
  • [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/LMNO/oriani.aspx Classe Oriani] Marina Militare website

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