Folgore-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Folgore class
Operators	Regia Marina
Preceded by	Freccia class
Succeeded by	Maestrale class
Built	1929–1931
In commission	1932–1943
Completed	4
Lost	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,220 long tons (1,240 t) (standard); 2,100 long tons (2,100 t) (full load);
Length	95.9 m (314 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	3.3–4.5 m (10 ft 10 in – 14 ft 9 in)
Installed power	3 Thornycroft boilers; 44,000 hp (33,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	185
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × depth charge throwers; 52 mines;

The Folgore class were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1930s. None of the ships survived World War II.

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