Italian destroyer Indomito (1912)

For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Indomito.
Indomito sometime between 1912 and 1914.
History
Kingdom of Italy
NameIndomito
Namesake"Indomito"
BuilderCantiere Pattison, Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down1910
Launched10 May 1912
Commissioned1913
ReclassifiedTorpedo boat 1929
Stricken11 July 1937
IdentificationPennant number ID
FateDiscarded and scrapped
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement672–770 metric tons (741–849 short tons)
Length
  • 237 ft 11 in (72.52 m) (wl)[1]
  • 239 ft 6 in (73.00 m) (oa)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 × Tosi steam turbines
  • 4 × Thornycroft boilers
  • 16,000 hp (11,931 kW) designed/17,620 shp (13,139 kW) maximum
Speed
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) designed
  • 35.79 knots (66.28 km/h; 41.19 mph) maximum
Endurance
  • 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
  • 350 nmi (650 km; 400 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement4–5 officers, 65–74 enlisted men
ArmamentAs built:
1 × 4.7 in (120 mm) gun
4 × 3 in (76.2 mm) guns
2 × 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes

After refit:

5 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
1 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun
2 × 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes

Indomito (English: "Indomitable") was an Italian Indomito-class destroyer. 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 and seeing action in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she was stricken in 1937 and subsequently scrapped.

  1. ^ Fraccaroli, pp. 268–269