Italian destroyer Giosuè Carducci

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Giosuè Carducci
Namesake	Giosuè Carducci
Builder	O.T.O., Livorno
Laid down	5 February 1936
Launched	28 October 1936
Completed	1 November 1937
Fate	Sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan, 28 March 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Oriani-class destroyer
Displacement	1,700–1,750 long tons (1,730–1,780 t) (standard); 2,400–2,450 long tons (2,440–2,490 t) (full load);
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.42–4.8 m (11 ft 3 in – 15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	3 Thornycroft boilers; 48,000 hp (36,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33–33 knots (61–61 km/h; 38–38 mph)
Range	2,600–2,800 nmi (4,800–5,200 km; 3,000–3,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	207
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) star shell guns; 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 56 mines;

Giosuè Carducci was one of four Oriani-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the mid-1930s and early 1940s. Completed in 1937, she served in World War II.