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Italian destroyer Ascari
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Not to be confused with Italian destroyer Ascaro.
Ascari was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in mid-1939, she was the last of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service.
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Name | Ascari |
Namesake | Askari |
Builder | O.T.O., Livorno |
Laid down | 11 December 1937 |
Launched | 31 July 1938 |
Completed | 6 May 1939 |
Fate | Sunk by mines, 24 March 1943 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Soldati-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 34–35 knots (63–65 km/h; 39–40 mph) |
Range | 2,340 nmi (4,330 km; 2,690 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 206 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | Destroyer Division 12 |
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