Italian destroyer Nicola Fabrizi
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Nicola Fabrizi |
| Namesake | Nicola Fabrizi (1804–1885), Italian soldier, patriot and politician |
| Builder | Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente, Kingdom of Italy |
| Laid down | 1 September 1916 |
| Launched | 8 July 1918 |
| Completed | 12 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1918 |
| Identification | Pennant number FB (1917–1954) |
| Motto | Pari ai cimenti superiore alla fortuna (Equal to Trials, Superior to Luck) |
| Reclassified | Torpedo boat 1929 |
| Fate | To Italian Republic 1946 |
| Italian Republic | |
| Reclassified | Coastal minesweeper 1953 |
| Identification | Pennant number M 5333 (1954–1958) |
| Stricken | 1 February 1957 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | |
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| Speed | 33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 74 non-commissioned officers and sailors |
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Nicola Fabrizi was an Italian La Masa-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy") in 1918, she served in the final months of World War I, participating in the Adriatic campaign. She was reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929. After Fascist Italy entered World War II, she served mainly in the Adriatic campaign as a convoy escort in the Adriatic Sea, taking part in the Action in the Strait of Otranto in 1940. She also served in the Mediterranean campaign. After the fall of Fascist Italy and the Italian armistice with the Allies in 1943, she switched to the Allied side and operated as a unit of the Italian Co-belligerent Navy until 1945. A part of the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) after the Italian Republic replaced the Kingdom of Italy in 1946, she remained in service during the Cold War and was reclassified as a minesweeper in 1953. Stricken in 1957, she subsequently was scrapped.