 Carlo Alberto Racchia in 1916.
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Carlo Alberto Racchia |
| Namesake | Carlo Alberto Racchia (1833–1896), Italian admiral and politician |
| Builder | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy |
| Laid down | 10 December 1914 |
| Launched | 2 June 1916 |
| Completed | 21 December 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine 21 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 1922 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Mirabello-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 103.75 m (340 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 9.74 m (31 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 8 officers and 161 enlisted men |
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Carlo Alberto Racchia was one of three Mirabello-class scout cruisers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I. She fought in that war's Adriatic campaign and took part in the largest surface action of the campaign, the Battle of the Strait of Otranto, in May 1917. After the war, she struck a mine and sank in 1920.
In 1938, eighteen years after Carlo Alberto Racchia sank, the Regia Marina reclssified the Mirabello-class ships as destroyers.