Alfredo Oriani
Country | Italy |
Ship Class | Oriani-class Destroyer |
Builder | OTO Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
Commissioned | 15 Jul 1937 |
Decommissioned | 1 Jan 1954 |
Displacement | 1,559 tons standard; 2,470 tons full |
Length | 350 feet |
Beam | 33 feet |
Draft | 11 feet |
Machinery | Three Thornycroft boilers, two Parsons steam turbines, two shafts |
Power Output | 48,000 shaft horsepower |
Speed | 38 knots |
Range | 2,190nm at 18 knots |
Crew | 207 |
Armament | 2x2x120mm guns, 2x2x37mm guns, 6x13.2mm guns, 2x3x533mm torpedo tubes, 56 mines |
Contributor: C. Peter Chen
ww2dbaseDestroyer Alfredo Oriani participated in the Battle of Matapan in Mar 1941, in which she sustained damage. In Jun 1942, she successfully attacked the Allied convoy for Malta during Operation Harpoon. After the Italian armistice, she was interned at Malta. When the European War ended, she was given to France as war reparations, serving as the French destroyer D'Estaing until 1954.
ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.
Last Major Revision: Dec 2007
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Alfredo Oriani Operational Timeline
15 Jul 1937 | Alfredo Oriani was commissioned into service. |
1 Jan 1954 | Alfredo Oriani was decommissioned from service. |
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