Italian destroyer Lanciere (1907)

History

Italy
Name	Lanciere
Namesake	Lancer, a type of cavalryman armed with a lance
Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down	24 July 1905
Launched	27 February 1907
Completed	1 August 1907
Commissioned	August 1907
Stricken	4 March 1923
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

Lanciere ("Lancer") 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.