Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Ugolino Vivaldi
Namesake	Ugolino Vivaldi
Builder	Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente
Laid down	16 May 1927
Launched	9 January 1929
Completed	6 March 1930
Fate	Scuttled following damage by coastal battery and aircraft, 10 September 1943
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Navigatori-class destroyer
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard); 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load);
Length	107.3 m (352 ft)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers; 55,000 hp (41,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (designed)
Complement	222–225 (wartime)
Armament	3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 86–104 mines;
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 14
Operations:	Battle of the Mediterranean; ; Battle of Calabria; Operation Harpoon; Operation Achse;

Ugolino Vivaldi was one of twelve Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the late 1920s and the early 1930s.

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