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Audace-class destroyer (1971)
Italian class of guided missile destroyers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Audace-class destroyers were two guided missile destroyers built for the Italian Navy during the Cold War. An improvement of the Impavido class, these ships were designed for area air defence and also had a heavy gun armament. They were fitted with contemporary American radars and sonars, but also, as the next Italian ships, all the modern weapons made by Italian industry of the time, such torpedoes, helicopters and guns. Also some indigenous radars were fitted.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Audace class |
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Preceded by | Impavido class / Fante class |
Succeeded by | Durand de la Penne class |
Built | 1968–1971 |
In commission | 1971–2006 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided Missile Destroyer |
Displacement | 4,554 tons full load |
Length | 140.7 m (461 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 380 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 AB-212ASW helicopters |
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