Turbine in her original configuration with two funnels, sometime between 1902 and 1910.
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History | |
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Kingdom of Italy | |
Name | Turbine |
Namesake | Vortex |
Builder | Cantiere Pattison, Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
Laid down | 20 August 1899 |
Launched | 21 November 1901 |
Completed | 28 August 1902 |
Commissioned | August 1902 |
Fate | Sunk 24 May 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 5.94 m (19 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 55 |
Armament |
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Turbine ("Vortex") was an Italian Nembo-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy") in 1902, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. She was sunk during the latter conflict in May 1915 on the day after Italy entered the war.