Soldati Class Destroyer (1906)

Italy built eleven "Soldati" class destroyers in three groups, completing them as the Great War approached.

Overview of 11 vessels
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Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Artigliere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	1924	1918		Stricken 14 Jun, 1923
Bersagliere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	1913	Feb, 1910		Stricken 5 Jul, 1923
Corazziere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Nov, 1911	11 Dec, 1909		Stricken 1 Jun, 1928
Template:IT-Garabaldino	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Nov, 1911	12 Feb, 1910		Collision 16 Jul, 1918
Granatiere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	1924	Mar, 1912		Stricken 3 Nov, 1927
Lanciere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	1924	1928		Stricken 4 Mar, 1923
Alpino	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Apr, 1912	Mar, 1913		Stricken 1 Jun, 1928
Carabiniere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Jul, 1911	Dec, 1910		Stricken 7 May, 1925
Fuciliere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Apr, 1912	1921		Stricken 15 Dec, 1932
Pontiere	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	Jun, 1912	3 Jan, 1910		Stricken 1 Jul, 1929
Ascaro	Giovanni Ansaldo & Company, Genoa	1911	6 Dec, 1912		Stricken 31 May, 1930

Design & Construction

The six units of the Artigliere group were all coal burners. The Alpino group of four ships followed, using oil burners. The last unit, Ascaro, ordered by China around 1910 and acquired in 1912, boasted an oil-burning boiler forward and two coal-burners aft.

See Also

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