Soldati-class destroyer

Artigliere
Class overview
Name	Soldati class
Operators	Regia Marina  Marina Militare  Marine nationale  Soviet Navy
Preceded by	Oriani class
Succeeded by	Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro class (planned) San Giorgio class / Artigliere class (actual)
Built	1938–1943
In commission	1939–1965
Planned	19
Completed	17
Cancelled	2
Lost	10
General characteristics (1st batch, as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,820–1,850 long tons (1,850–1,880 t) (standard) 2,450–2,550 long tons (2,490–2,590 t) (full load)
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a) 101.6 m (333 ft 4 in) (pp)
Beam	10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 48,000 shp (36,000 kW)
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
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) star shell gun 8 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge throwers 48 mines

The Soldati class (also known as Camicia Nera class, meaning Blackshirt) were a group of destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during World War II. The ships were named after military professions (Artigliere, for example, meaning "artilleryman"). There were two batches; twelve ships were built in 1938–1939, and a second batch of seven ships were ordered in 1940, although only five were completed.

Ten ships of the class were lost during the war. Three of the survivors were transferred to the French Navy and two to the Soviet Navy as war reparations, while two served in the Italian post-war navy, the Marina Militare.