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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Rosolino Pilo |
| Namesake | Rosolino Pilo (1820–1860), Italian patriot |
| Builder | Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy |
| Laid down | 19 August 1913 |
| Launched | 24 March 1915 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1915 |
| Reclassified | Torpedo boat 1 October 1929 |
| Identification | Pennant number PI, PL |
| Fate | To Italian Republic 1946 |
| Notes | Under Nazi German control 10–26 September 1943 |
 Italian Republic | |
| Reclassified | Minesweeper 1952 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1954 |
| Identification | Pennant number M 5336 (1954) |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 73 m (240 ft) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Draught | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power | 16,000 brake horsepower (11,931 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 69-79 |
| Armament |
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Rosolino Pilo was the lead ship of the Italian Rosolino Pilo-class destroyers. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1915, she served in World War I, playing an active role in the Adriatic campaign and seeing action in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she served in the Mediterranean and Adriatic campaigns of World War II. Briefly captured by Nazi Germany in 1943, she served on the Allied side in the Italian Co-belligerent Navy for the remainder of the war. She served in the postwar Italian Navy (Marina Miltare) and was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1952. She was stricken in 1954.