Audace was a destroyer of the Italian (Royal Navy) built in the 1910s. She was the lead member of the .
Design
The ships of the Audace class were long at the waterline and long overall, with a beam of and a draft of . They displaced standard and up to at full load. They had a crew of 4 to 5 officers and 65 to 74 enlisted men. The ships were powered by two Zoelly steam turbines, with steam provided by four White-Forster water-tube boilers. The engines were rated to produce for a top speed of , though in service they reached as high as from . At a more economical speed of , the ships could cruise for .
The ship carried an armament that consisted of a single gun and four guns, along with two torpedo tubes. The 102 mm gun was placed on the forecastle and the two of the 76 mm guns were mounted abreast the funnels, with the remaining pair at the stern. The torpedo tubes were in single mounts, both on the centerline.
Service history
Audace was built at the shipyard in Livorno, and was launched on 4 May 1913.
Audace was employed as a convoy escort during World War I, and on the night of 30 August 1916, she collided with the steamer and sank off Capo Colonna.
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Audace-class destroyers (1913) 1913 ships