Artigliere
| Country | Italy |
| Ship Class | Soldati-class Destroyer |
| Builder | OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
| Commissioned | 14 November 1938 |
| Sunk | 12 October 1940 |
| Displacement | 1620 tons standard; 2550 tons full |
| Length | 350 feet |
| Beam | 33 feet |
| Draft | 10 feet |
| Machinery | Three Yarrow boilers, two Belluzzo or Parsons type turbines, two shafts |
| Power Output | 48000 SHP |
| Speed | 38 knots |
| Range | 2,200nm at 20 knots |
| Crew | 206 |
| Armament | 2x2x120mm guns, 1x120mm starshell gun, 12x13.2mm machine guns, 6x600mm torpedo tubes |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
Destroyer Artigliere was named after artillerymen. She was sunk by British destroyer HMS York.
Source: Wikipedia.
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