Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyer

	Sirtori and Stocco at Fiume, 4 November 1918
Class overview
Name	Giuseppe Sirtori
Builders	Odero, Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Operators	Regia Marina
Preceded by	Audace
Succeeded by	La Masa class
Built	1916–1917
In commission	1917–1943
Planned	4
Completed	4
Lost	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	709 t (698 long tons) (normal); 914 t (900 long tons) (deep load);
Length	73.54 m (241 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) (mean)
Installed power	4 × Thornycroft boilers; 15,500 shp (11,600 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	98 officers and men
Armament	6 × single 102 mm (4 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 10 × mines;

The Giuseppe Sirtori class consisted of four destroyers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I. All four ships saw action during the war, survived the post-war reduction in Italian naval strength, and were lost during World War II.

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