Italian destroyer Audace (1916)
The Italian destroyer Audace was originally ordered by Japan from Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland under the name of Kawakaze, but was transferred to Italy in 1916 while still under construction. She served as the command ship for the radio-controlled target ship San Marco in 1937–1940 and then was rearmed for convoy escort and patrolling duties when World War II began. Audace was captured by the Germans in 1943 and used by them as a minelayer and escort ship in the Adriatic Sea until she was sunk by a pair of British destroyers in late 1944.
Audace at Brindisi, 1917 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | Pilo class |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Sirtori class |
| Built | 1913–1916 |
| In service | 1917–1944 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Lost | 1 |
| History | |
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Audace |
| Ordered | 1913 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun |
| Laid down | 1 October 1913 |
| Launched | 27 September 1916 |
| Completed | 23 December 1916 |
| Acquired | 3 July 1916 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 1917 |
| Reclassified | As torpedo boat, 1 September 1929 |
| Captured | By Germany, 12 September 1943 |
| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | Audace |
| Acquired | 12 September 1943 |
| Renamed | TA20 |
| Fate | Sunk, 2 November 1944 |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type | Urakaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 922 t (907 long tons) |
| Length | 87.59 m (287 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 8.38 m (27 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 2,180 nmi (4,040 km; 2,510 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 5 officers and 113 enlisted men |
| Armament |
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