 Giuseppe Sirtori underway sometime between 1917 and 1941.
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Giuseppe Sirtori |
| Namesake | Giuseppe Sirtori (1813–1874), Italian patriot, general, and politician |
| Laid down | 2 February 1916 |
| Launched | 24 November 1916 |
| Commissioned | 22 December 1916 |
| Reclassified | Torpedo boat 1 October 1929 |
| Identification | Pennant number SR |
| Fate | Scuttled 25 September 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 73.54 m (241 ft 3 in) (overall) |
| Beam | 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) (mean) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 98 officers and men |
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Giuseppe Sirtori was the lead ship of the Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyers. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1916, she served during World War I, participating in the Adriatic campaign. During the interwar period, she took part in operations related to the Corfu incident in 1923 and was reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929. During World War II, she took part in the Mediterranean campaign and later the Adriatic campaign until she was scuttled in 1943.