Italian destroyer Augusto Riboty
- Displacement
- 1,756 long tons (1,784 t)
- Length
- 103.75 m (340.4 ft)
- Beam
- 9.74 m (32 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 169
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Service
- as Augusto Riboty5 May 1917 — 19462,193 days of the war
- ? — February 19502,193 days of the war
- Name
- Augusto Riboty
- Namesake
- Augusto Riboty (1816–1888), Italian admiral and politician
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy
- Laid down
- 27 February 1915
- Launched
- 24 September 1916
- Commissioned
- 5 May 1917
- Decommissioned
- February 1950
- Struck
- 1 May 1950
- Fate
- Scrapped 1951 (1951)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,756 long tons (1,784 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,008 long tons (2,040 t)
- Length
- 103.75 m (340.4 ft)
- Beam
- 9.74 m (32 ft)
- Draught
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 2,300 nmi (4,260 km)
- Complement
- 169
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Augusto Riboty was a Mirabello-class destroyer in service with the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Augusto Riboty. Her keel was laid at Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy on 27 February 1915. Launched on 24 September 1916, she entered service on 5 May 1917.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Aquila-class destroyer and was succeeded by the La Masa-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,756 long tons standard and 2,008 long tons at full load. She measured 103.8 m (340 ft) long with a beam of 9.7 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 169.
Her main battery was one 152 mm (6 in) guns. 44,000 hp drove two shafts.
She served with the Regia Marina as Augusto Riboty until 1946. She was in commission for 4,386 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in February 1950. She was struck from the register on 1 May 1950.
She was broken up for scrap in 1951.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 4 Yarrow boilers
- 44000 hp
- Armament
- 1 × single 6 in gun
- 7 × single 102 mm guns
- 2 × single 76 mm AA guns
- 2 × twin 450 mm torpedo tubes
- 120 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Augusto Riboty on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.