Italian destroyer Artigliere (1907)

History

Italy
Name	Artigliere
Namesake	Artillerist, artilleryman, or gunner, a soldier who specializes in artillery
Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down	24 July 1905
Launched	18 January 1907
Completed	26 August 1907
Commissioned	September 1907
Stricken	14 June 1923
Identification	Pennant number AR
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Displacement	395–424 long tons (401–431 t)
Length	64.4 m (211 ft 3 in) wl 65.0 m (213 ft 3 in) oa
Beam	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught	2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines 3× Thornycroft boilers 6,000 ihp (4,474 kW) As built: 95 t (93 long tons; 105 short tons) coal Later: 65 t (64 long tons; 72 short tons) fuel oil
Speed	28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	55
Armament	4× 76 mm (3 in)/40 guns 3× 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 10 mines

Artigliere ("Artillerist," "Artilleryman," or "Gunner") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Commissioned in 1907, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. She was stricken in 1923.