Italian destroyer Garibaldino

Garibaldino on maneuvers.
History
Italy
NameGaribaldino
NamesakeAlternative term for a "Redshirt," a volunteer soldier who followed the Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi during his campaigns
BuilderGio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down23 October 1905
Launched12 February 1910
Completed1 June 1910
CommissionedJune 1910
FateSunk in collision 16 July 1918
General characteristics [1]
Displacement395–424 long tons (401–431 t)
Length
  • 64.4 m (211 ft 3 in) wl
  • 65.0 m (213 ft 3 in) oa
Beam6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement55
Armament

Garibaldino (an alternative term for "Redshirt") was a Soldato-class ("Soldier"-class) destroyer of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Commissioned in 1910, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. During the latter conflict she sank after a collision in 1918.

  1. ^ Fraccaroli 1985, p. 268.

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