Italian destroyer Intrepido (D 571)

For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Intrepido.

Intrepido (D 571) is the second ship of the Impavido-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.

HMS Victorious and Intrepido leaving Malta in July 1967.
History
Italy
Name	Intrepido
Namesake	Intrepido
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Ansaldo Stabilimento Luigi Orlando, Livorno
Laid down	16 May 1959
Launched	21 October 1962
Commissioned	28 July 1964
Decommissioned	August 1991
Identification	Pennant number: D 571
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics Data from [1]
Class & type	Impavido-class destroyer
Displacement	3,201 ton standard 3,941 tons full load
Length	130.9 m (429 ft 6 in)
Beam	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines 4 Foster Wheeler boilers, 70,000 hp (52,000 kW)
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	3,300 nmi (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	344 (15 officers, 319 enlisted)
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-12 Air search radar AN/SPS-39 3D radar AN/SPG-51 Tartar fire control AN/SQS-23 sonar[2]
Armament	1× Tartar SAM system 2× 127 mm (5 in)/38 gun 4× OTO Melara 76 mm (3 in)/L62 MMI 2× 533 mm (21 in) triple torpedo launchers[2]
Aircraft carried	1 Helicopter

Development

The Impavido-class were the first guided missile destroyers of the Italian Navy. The vessels were commissioned in the early 1960s and were roughly equal to the American Charles F. Adams-class destroyer. Both classes shared the Tartar missile system, with a Mk 13 launcher, and carried around 40 missiles. They had two fire control radars to guide their weaponry and all were fitted in the aft of the ship. Both classes also had two single 127 mm (5 in) guns, but the American ships had these in single mountings and a new model, the Mk 42, one fore and the other aft, while the Impavido-class made use of an older Mk 38 dual turret.^[3]

Construction and career

She is laid down on 16 May 1959 and launched on 21 October 1962 by Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando. Commissioned on 28 July 1964 with the hull number D 571 and decommissioned in August 1991.

Gallery

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  Intrepido anchored in 1971.