Italian destroyer Alpino (1938)
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For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Alpino.
Alpino was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in early 1939, she was one of the last of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service.
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Alpino |
Namesake | Mountain infantry |
Builder | Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona |
Laid down | 2 May 1937 |
Launched | 2 September 1938 |
Completed | 6 May 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 19 April 1943 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Soldati-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in) |
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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 |
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