Oriani class destroyer
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3 Thornycroft type boilers
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|Ship complement=207
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|Ship armament=• 4 × guns (2×2)
• 4 × 37 mm AA guns (2×2)
• 6 × 31.2 mm machine guns
• 6 × torpedo tubes (2×3)
• 56 mines
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The Oriani Class''' (also known as the Poeti class) were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930s. They were a repeat of the Maestrale class destroyers, but had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament.
Ships==
All four ships were built by OTO Livorno and named after poets:
- Alfredo Oriani (named after Alfredo Oriani): completed 15 July 1937, damaged in the Battle of Matapan, successfully attacked Harpoon convoy in June 1942. Escaped from La Spezia during the Italian Armistice in 1943 and was interned in Malta, given to the French Navy as a war reparation, where she served as the D'Estaing until 1954.
- Vittorio Alfieri (named after Vittorio Alfieri): completed 1 December 1937, sunk on 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
- Giosuè Carducci (named after Giosuè Carducci): completed 1 November 1937, Sunk 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Matapan.
- Vincenzo Gioberti (named after Vincenzo Gioberti): completed 27 October 1937, sunk on 9 August 1943 by the British submarine HMS Simoom.