Italian destroyer Velite
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Velite 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-1942, she was the last of the second batch of seven ships to be finished.
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Name | Velite |
Builder | O.T.O., Livorno |
Laid down | 19 April 1941 |
Launched | 31 August 1941 |
Completed | 31 August 1942 |
Stricken | 18 July 1948 |
Fate | Transferred to France as war reparations, 24 July 1948 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Soldati-class destroyer |
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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 | 32–33 knots (59–61 km/h; 37–38 mph) |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 206 |
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