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{{more footnotes|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption= The Italian Poeti-class destroyer Oriani
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Oriani class | Builders=OTO, Livorno | Kingdom of Italy}} | Maestrale|destroyer|4}} | Soldati|destroyer|4}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1935–1936 | In service range= | In commission range=1937–1954 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=4 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost=3 | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type=Destroyer | 1559|LT|t|lk=in}} standard- {{convert|2470|LT|t}} full load
| 106.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 10.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.42|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship propulsion=*2 shaft Parsons type steam turbines- 3 Thornycroft type boilers
- {{convert|48000|hp|kW|-2|abbr=on}}
| 38|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | 2190|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance= | Ship boats= | Ship complement=207 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 120|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns (2×2)[1]- 4 × {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} 54-cal. guns (2×2)
- 6 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 6 × {{convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2×3)
- 56 mines
| Ship armour= | Ship notes=
}} | The Oriani class (also known as the Poeti class), were a group of four destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the late 1930s. They were a repeat of the {{sclass-|Maestrale|destroyer|1}}s, but had increased machinery power and a different anti-aircraft armament. The increase in power, however, disappointed in that there was only a marginal speed improvement. The obsolete 40 mm/39 pom-pom anti-aircraft guns were finally discontinued, being replaced by extra {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} machine guns; otherwise armament was unchanged. Significant upgrades were made to the weapons systems of the two ships that survived Matapan, similar to those made to the Maestrales. One torpedo tube mounting was replaced by two {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}}/54 guns; {{convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} cannon, a 120 mm star-shell gun[1] and depth charge throwers were also installed. Before the end of the war, one ship, Oriani had German Seetakt radar and an additional 20 mm cannon. {{-}}==Ships== All four ships were built by OTO Livorno and named after poets: | Ship | namesake | Launched | Completed | Notes |
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| Alfredo Oriani | Alfredo Oriani | 30 July 1936 | 15 July 1937 | Damaged in the Battle of Cape Matapan, she took part in the successful attack on Harpoon convoy in June 1942. The ship escaped from La Spezia during the Italian Armistice in 1943 and was interned in Malta. She was given to the French Navy as a war reparation, where she served as the D'Estaing until 1954 | | Vittorio Alfieri | Vittorio Alfieri | 20 December 1936 | 1 December 1937 | Sunk on 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Cape Matapan | | Giosuè Carducci | Giosuè Carducci | 28 October 1936 | 1 November 1937 | Sunk 28 March 1941 in the Battle of Cape Matapan | | Vincenzo Gioberti | Vincenzo Gioberti | 19 September 1936 | 27 October 1937 | Simoom|P225|6}} |
Notes1. ^1 {{cite book |last=Campbell |first=John |authorlink = |title =Naval Weapons of World War Two |publisher =Naval Institute Press |volume = |edition = |date =1985 |location =Annapolis, Maryland |pages =335–338 |isbn =0-87021-459-4}}
References - {{cite book|first=M.J.|last=Whitley|title=Destroyers of World War 2|year=1988|publisher=Cassell Publishing|isbn=1-85409-521-8}}
External links {{Commonscat-inline|Oriani class destroyer}}{{Oriani class destroyer}}{{WWIIItalianShips}} 3 : Oriani-class destroyers|Destroyer classes|Destroyers of the Regia Marina |