 Vincenzo Giordano Orsini underway
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| History | |
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 Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Vincenzo Giordano Orsini |
| Namesake | Vincenzo Giordano Orsini (1817–1889), Italian patriot and politician |
| Builder | Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Italy |
| Laid down | 2 February 1916 |
| Launched | 23 April 1917 |
| Completed | 12 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1917 |
| Fate | Scuttled 8 April 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 73.54 m (241 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) (mean) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 98 officers and men |
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Vincenzo Giordano Orsini was the third of four Giuseppe Sirtori-class destroyers built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) during World War I. Commissioned in 1917, she participated in the later stages of that war's Adriatic campaign. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she was serving in the Red Sea Flotilla when Italy entered World War II in June 1940. She was scuttled in 1941 to prevent her capture by Allied forces during the East African campaign.