Italian destroyer Carabiniere (1909)

History
Italy
NameCarabiniere
NamesakeCarabinier, a soldier armed with a carbine
BuilderGio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down7 November 1905
Launched12 October 1909
Completed26 January 1910
Commissioned1910
ReclassifiedTorpedo boat 1 July 1921
Stricken7 May 1925
Fate
  • Discarded 7 May 1925
  • Scrapped
Motto
  • 1910–1914:
  • Usi obbedir tacendo e tacendo morir
  • ("It is customary to obey in silence and to die in silence")
  • From 1914:
  • Nei secoli fedele
  • ("Forever faithful")
General characteristics
Class and typeSoldato-class destroyer
Displacement395–415 long tons (401–422 t)
Length
  • 65 m (213 ft 3 in) wl
  • 65.0 m (213 ft 3 in) oa
Beam6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement50
Armament

Carabinere ("Carabinier") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Commissioned in 1910, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1921, she was stricken in 1925.