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 Oriani
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Oriani class |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Maestrale class |
| Succeeded by | Soldati class |
| Built | 1935–1936 |
| In commission | 1937–1954 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.42–4.8 m (11 ft 3 in – 15 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 2,600–2,800 nmi (4,800–5,200 km; 3,000–3,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 207 |
| Armament |
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The Oriani class (also known as the Poeti class), were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the mid-1930s. They were improved versions of the Maestrale-class destroyers and had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament. The increase in power, however, disappointed in that there was only a marginal speed improvement. The obsolete 40 mm/39 pom-pom anti-aircraft guns were finally discontinued, being replaced by extra 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; otherwise armament was unchanged.