Italian destroyer Agostino Bertani

History
Kingdom of Italy
NameAgostino Bertani
NamesakeAgostino Bertani (1812–1886), Italian patriot and politician
BuilderCantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down23 December 1917
Launched6 June 1919
Completed13 June 1919
Commissioned13 June 1919
IdentificationPennant number BR
StrickenJanuary 1921
ReinstatedJanuary 1921
RenamedEnrico Cosenz January 1921
NamesakeEnrico Cosenz (1820–1898), Italian general and politician
IdentificationPennant number CS
ReclassifiedTorpedo boat 1929
FateScuttled 27 September 1943
General characteristics (as built)
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
Length72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) (waterline)
Beam7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power
  • 15,500 shp (11,558 kW)
  • maximum 17,000 shp (12,677 kW)
Propulsion
Speed33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph)
Range
  • 2,230 nmi (4,130 km; 2,570 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
  • 410 nmi (759 km; 472 mi) at 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement4 officers, 74 non-commissioned officers and sailors
Armament

Agostino Bertani was an Italian La Masa-class destroyer. She was commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1919. Her crew supported Gabriele D'Annunzio′s actions in Fiume in 1920, and as a consequence she was renamed Enrico Cosenz in 1921. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she took part in the Mediterranean campaign and the Adriatic campaign of World War II until the Italian armistice with the Allies in 1943, shortly after which her crew scuttled her to prevent her capture by German forces. She was involved in four collisions during her operational career.