Italian destroyer Artigliere (1937)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Artigliere
Namesake	Artilleryman
Builder	O.T.O., Livorno
Laid down	15 February 1937
Launched	19 December 1937
Completed	4 November 1938
Fate	Sunk by HMS York, 12 October 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Soldati-class destroyer
Displacement	1,820–1,850 long tons (1,850–1,880 t) (standard); 2,450–2,550 long tons (2,490–2,590 t) (full load);
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a); 101.6 m (333 ft 4 in) (p/p);
Beam	10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 48,000 shp (36,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	34–35 knots (63–65 km/h; 39–40 mph)
Range	2,340 nmi (4,330 km; 2,690 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	206
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) star shell gun; 8 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × depth charge throwers; 48 mines;

Artigliere was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in 1938, she was one of the last of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service.

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