Italian destroyer Ardito (1912)

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Ardito
Namesake	"Bold"
Builder	Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down	1912
Launched	20 October 1912
Commissioned	1913
Reclassified	Torpedo boat 1 October 1929
Stricken	2 October 1931
Identification	Pennant numbers AI, AO, AT
Fate	Discarded and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Ardito-class destroyer
Displacement	Full load: 790 long tons (800 t)
Length	73 m (239 ft 6 in) loa
Beam	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 16,000 shaft horsepower (11,931 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines 2 × screw propellers
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	5 × officers 65 × enlisted men
Armament	1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) gun 4 × 76 mm (3 in) guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Ardito (English: "Bold") was the lead ship of the Italian Ardito-class destroyers. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1913, she served in World War I, playing an active role in the Adriatic campaign. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she was discarded in 1931.