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{{short description|Italian Soldato-class destroyer}}
{{otherships|Italian ship Artigliere}}
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'''''Artigliere''''' ([[Artillery|"Artillerist," "Artilleryman," or "Gunner"]]) was a {{sclass2|Soldato|destroyer|0}} ("Soldier"-class) [[destroyer]] of the Italian ''[[Regia Marina]]'' (Royal Navy). Commissioned in 1907, she served in the [[Italo-Turkish War]] and {{nowrap|[[World War I]]}}. She was stricken in 1923.

== Design ==
''Artigliere'' was powered by two sets of [[Compound steam engine|triple expansion steam engines]] fed by three [[Thornycroft]] [[water-tube boiler]]s, producing an estimated {{convert|6,000|ihp|lk=on|0}} and driving two [[propeller]] shafts. As built, she could reach a maximum speed of {{convert|28.5|kn|lk=in}}. Originally, she had a fuel capacity of {{convert|95|t|LT|lk=on}} of [[coal]], giving her a range of {{convert|1,500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}} and {{convert|400|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|23.5|kn}}; she later was converted to burn [[fuel oil]], with a fuel capacity of {{convert|65|t|LT|lk=on}} of oil. She was fitted with four [[QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun|{{convert|76|mm|in|0|adj=on}}/40 calibre]] guns and three {{convert|450|mm|in|1|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1985|p=268}}{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1970|p=67}}<ref name="Marina Militare">[http://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/ABCD/artigliere01.aspx Marina Militare<!-- Title generated automatically --> (in Italian)].</ref><ref name="navypedia">[http://www.navypedia.org/ships/italy/it_dd_artigliere.htm Soldati type 1st group destroyers (Artigliere, 1907 - 1910) - Regia Marina (Italy)<!-- Title generated automatically -->].</ref>

==Construction and commissioning==
''Artigliere'' was [[Keel-laying|laid down]] on 24&nbsp;July&nbsp;1905 at the [[Gio. Ansaldo & C.]] [[shipyard]] in [[Genoa]], Italy. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 18&nbsp;January&nbsp;1907 and completed on 26&nbsp;August&nbsp;1907.{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1985|p=268}} She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in September 1907.

==Service history==
===1907–1911===
[[1908 Messina earthquake|A devastating earthquake]] in the [[Strait of Messina]] and subsequent [[tsunami]] struck [[Messina]], [[Sicily]], and [[Reggio Calabria]] on the Italian mainland on 28&nbsp;December&nbsp;1908. On 30&nbsp;December&nbsp;1908 ''Artigliere'', her [[sister ship]] {{ship|Italian destroyer|Bersagliere|1906|2}}, and the [[battleship]] {{ship|Italian battleship|Vittorio Emanuele||2}} arrived at Messina to assist in rescue operations.<ref>[http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=22822&st=100 Beaasom forum]</ref><ref>[http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=22822&st=250 Betasom fourm].</ref>

===Italo-Turkish War===
The [[Italo-Turkish War]] began on 29&nbsp;September&nbsp;1911 with the [[Kingdom of Italy]]′s [[declaration of war]] on the [[Ottoman Empire]]. At the time, ''Artigliere'' was in reserve at [[Taranto]]{{sfn|Beehler|1913|pp=9–10}} under the command of ''Capitano di fregata'' [[Frigate captain|Frigate Captain]] [[Guido Biscaretti di Ruffia]], a future ''ammiraglio di squadra'' ([[squadron admiral]]). On the afternoon of 29&nbsp;September ''Artigliere'' took part in one of the first clashes of the war, the [[Battle of Preveza (1911)|Battle of Preveza]], when she, along with the destroyers {{ship|Italian destroyer|Alpino|1909|2}}, {{ship|Italian destroyer|Carabiniere|1909|2}}, and {{ship|Italian destroyer|Zeffiro|1904|2}} and the [[torpedo boat]] {{ship|Italian torpedo boat|Spica|1905|2}} engaged the [[Ottoman Navy]] torpedo boats {{ship|Ottoman torpedo boat|Antalya||2}} and {{ship|Ottoman torpedo boat|Tokad||2}} as they attempted to leave the port of [[Preveza]] on what then was the [[Ionian Sea]] coast of the Ottoman Empire. According to some accounts, the Italian ships attacked the two torpedo boats at 14:00, and ''Artigliere'' seriously damaged ''Tokad'' and pursued her into the anchorage as she attempted to return to Preveza. Meanwhile, ''Carabiniere'', ''Alpino'', ''Spiga'', and ''Zeffiro'' surrounded ''Antalya''. Hit repeatedly, seriously damaged, and on fire, with four members of her crefbetasomw [[killed in action]] and numerous other crewmen wounded, ''Antalya'' [[Striking the colors|struck her colors]] and ran herself aground on a nearby beach. As ''Antalya''′s crew abandoned ship, members of ''Alpino''′s crew boarded and captured her and removed [[Flags of the Ottoman Empire|her flag]] and her only usable gun, after which ''Alpino'' finished her off with gunfire. ''Carabiniere'', ''Alpino'', ''Spiga'', and ''Zeffiro'' then joined ''Artigliere'' in the harbor and sank ''Tokad'' and an Ottoman [[gunboat]]. As the Italian ships departed, the crew of the [[Kingdom of Greece|Greek]] [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Marte||2}} cheered them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505791 |title=TDT Antalya - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] |date=November 2017 }} InternetArchiveBot.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505795 |title=TDT Tokat - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] |date=November 2017}} InternetArchiveBot.</ref><ref>[http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=18278 La Guerra Italo Turca - Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici<!-- Title generated automatically -->] (in Italian).</ref><ref>[http://www.blitzkriegmilitaria-forum.com/showthread.php?t=4145 La Guerra Italo Turca Del 1911 - Blitzkriegmilitaria Forum<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074308/http://www.blitzkriegmilitaria-forum.com/showthread.php?t=4145 |date=4 March 2016 }}.</ref><ref name="rassegnastampa">{{Cite web|url=http://rassegnastampa.difesa.it/110802/12RG1V.pdf |title=rassegnastampa.difesa.it |date=February 2018 }} InternetArchiveBot.</ref> 

In a 1912 magazine article<ref name=beehlerproceedings>{{cite magazine |last=Beehler |first=W. H. |date=June 1912 |title=The Italian-Turkish War |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1912/june/italian-turkish-war |magazine=[[Proceedings (magazine)|Proceedings]] |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]] |volume=38/2/142}}</ref> and a 1913 book{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}} based on contemporary sources, [[United States Navy]] [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] W. H. Beehler offers a different version of the events of 29&nbsp;September&nbsp;1911. According to Beehler, the Italian ships sighted ''Antalya'' and ''Tokad'' in the [[Ionian Sea]] between [[Corfu]] and Preveza, steering north-northwestward, at either 15:00<ref name=beehlerproceedings/> or 16:00.{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}} The Italians opened fire, and the Ottoman ships returned fire only feebly. ''Tokad'' steamed northward chased by three Italian destroyers, while ''Antalya'' headed south with two Italian destroyers in pursuit. Hit 15 times and on fire, ''Tokad'' beached herself near [[Nicopolis]] and was totally destroyed, with her [[commanding officer]] and eight of her sailors either killed by the Italian gunfire or [[Drowning|drowned]]. Meanwhile, ''Antalya'' reached Preveza undamaged. The Italian destroyers were undamaged and fired 100 76-millimetre rounds during the engagement.<ref name=beehlerproceedings/>{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}}

The battle continued on the morning of 30&nbsp;September&nbsp;1911 when, according to some sources, ''Artigliere'' was operating off [[Igoumenitsa]] with other Italian ships when the Italians sighted a force of Ottoman torpedo boats leaving Preveza. When they reported the sighting to higher command, they received orders to let the torpedo boats move away from the coast and then, taking advantage of the greater speed of the Italian ships, close with them and sink them.<ref name="rassegnastampa"/> The Italian ships managed to surround the torpedo boats, which at that point attempted to escape at full steam towards the south instead of heading back toward Preveza.<ref name="rassegnastampa"/> The Italians found this suspicious, and while ''Artigliere'' and her sister ship {{ship|Italian destroyer|Corazziere|1909|2}} pursued the torpedo boats, ''Alpino'' steamed north to conduct a [[reconnaissance]] of the approaches to Preveza, where she discovered [[Steamship|steamers]] attempting to reach Prevenza while the Ottoman torpedo boats distracted the Italian ships, and she seized one of the steamers.<ref name="rassegnastampa"/><ref name=betasom/> Meanwhile, ''Artigliere'' and ''Corazziere'' closed with the Ottoman torpedo boats, which opened fire ineffectively. ''Artigliere'' and her sister ships {{ship|Italian destroyer|Corazziere|1909|2}} returned fire, reducing the torpedo boats {{ship|Ottoman torpedo boat|Alpagot||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505789|title=TDT Alpagot - Warships 1900-1950|language=cs, en|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130106161532/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505789|archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref> and {{ship|Ottoman torpedo boat|Hamidiye||2}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505786|title=Hamidiye - Warships 1900-1950|language=cs, en|access-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917224243/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505786|archive-date=17 September 2012}}</ref> to wrecks and inducing an [[Magazine (artillery)|ammuniton magazine]] explosion aboard one of them. The two torpedo boats struggled back to port and sank there, and the two Italian destroyers rescued some members of their crews.<ref name="rassegnastampa"/> Those members of their crews who reached a nearby beach opened [[rifle]] fire on the two Italian destroyers,<ref name=betasom/> which returned fire and silenced them. Other Ottoman torpedo boats that had been operating with ''Alpagot'' and ''Hamidiye'' returned safely to port. Meanwhile, ''Artigliere'' and ''Corazziere'' captured the [[armed yacht]] ''Teties'' (referred to as "''Thetis''" or "''Tarabulus''" in some sources) and captured her; she later was incorporated into the ''Regia Marina'' as the [[gunboat]] ''Capitano Verri''.<ref name=betasom/><ref name="anmi Taranto">[http://www.anmi.taranto.it/filatelia/verri_cunfida/verri_cunfida.htm anmi taranto<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210022816/http://www.anmi.taranto.it/filatelia/verri_cunfida/verri_cunfida.htm |date=10 December 2010 }}.</ref><ref>[http://www.sullacrestadellonda.it/navi/navindex.htm Navi idrografiche - Italian hydrographic ships<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703033941/http://www.sullacrestadellonda.it/navi/navindex.htm |date=3 July 2014 }}.</ref>

Beehler provides a different narrative stating an [[Commissioned officer|officer]] from ''Corazziere'' went ashore at Prevenza on the evening of 29&nbsp;September&nbsp;1911 and ascertained the positions at which ''Alpagot'' and ''Hamidiye'' were [[anchor]]ed, which he reported to di Ruffia. ''Artigliere'' and ''Corazziere'' penetrated the harbor on the morning of 30&nbsp;September, where ''Artigliere'' and ''Corazziere'' sank ''Alpagot'' and ''Hamidiye'' with gunfire while they were at anchor; all but one man from the two torpedo boats' crews escaped to shore.{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}} ''Corazziere'' then made preparations to [[Towing|tow]] the armed yacht "''Telied''" away as a prize, and a "mob" on shore opened fire on her. She returned fire, silencing the mob and damaging the fort at Prevenza, which did not fire during the battle. The two destroyers then put back to sea with the yacht in tow, having fired 76 [[Shell (projectile)|shells]] in an engagement lasting 45 minutes.{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}}

The historian Charles Stephenson offers yet another version of events. According to him, the Italians decided not to attempt an incursion into the harbor at Preveza to attack ''Antalya'' after she reached that port on 29&nbsp;September and instead proceeded to the waters off [[Igoumenitsa]],{{efn|Beehler states that the incident took place at Prevesa, not Igoumenitsa,{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}} which is contradicted by Stephenson and as well as Bernd Langensiepen and Ahmet Güleryüz, who agree that it took place at Igoumenitsa.{{sfn|Stephenson|p=54}}{{sfn|Langensiepen |Güleryüz|1995|p=15}} That Beehler makes no mention of ''Antalya'' in the engagement of 30&nbsp;September&nbsp;1911 suggests he is incorrect.{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=22}}}} where ''Alpagot'' and ''Hamidiye'' were [[anchor]]ed in the harbor. ''Alpino'', ''Artigliere'', and ''Corazziere'' penetrated the harbor at Igoumenitsa on the morning of 30&nbsp;September, where ''Artigliere'' and ''Corazziere'' sank ''Alpagot'' and ''Hamidiye'' with gunfire while they still were at anchor. Meanwhile, ''Alpino'' came alongside the armed yacht "''Trablus''," whose [[boiler]]s were under repair. The yacht's crew opened her [[seacock]]s in an attempt to [[Scuttling|scuttle]] her and abandoned ship. ''Alpino'' sent a boarding party aboard the yacht and closed the seacocks to prevent her from sinking. The ''Alpino'' crewmen were cutting the yacht's mooring lines when civilians on shore opened fire on the boarding party, prompting ''Corazziere'' to bombard the town, silencing the civilian gunfire and damaging the fort at Igoumenitsa, which did not fire during the battle. ''Alpino'' then towed the yacht out of port.{{sfn|Stephenson|p=54}}{{sfn|Langensiepen| Güleryüz|1995|p=15}}

On 5&nbsp;October&nbsp;1911, a [[motorboat]] from ''Artigliere'' that had been searching an [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] [[mail steamer]] in the harbor at [[Shëngjin]] (known to the Italians as San Giovanni de Medua) on the coast of [[Albania]] came under fire from [[field gun]]s in an [[Earthworks (military)|earthwork]]. ''Artigliere'' responded by bombarding the earthwork, silencing its guns and damaging a number of buildings in the city of Shëngjin. ''Artigliere'', which suffered minor damage before silencing the earthwork, ceased fire after 45&nbsp;minutes when she ran out of ammunition. Meanwhile, ''Carabiniere'' arrived on the scene and also opened fire, bombarding the earthwork for 20&nbsp;minutes before departing.<ref name=beehlerproceedings/>{{sfn|Beehler|1913|pp=22–23}}

In January 1912 ''Artigliere'', her sister ship {{ship|Italian destroyer|Garibaldino||2}},  and the [[protected cruiser]] {{ship|Italian cruiser|Piemonte||2}} deployed to the [[Red Sea]] to search for Ottoman ships along the coast.<ref name="betasom">[http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=18278 La Guerra Italo Turca - Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici<!-- Title generated automatically --> (in Italian)].</ref> On 7&nbsp;January&nbsp;1912 ''Artigliere'' came across a large group of Ottoman ships – the [[gunboat]]s {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Ayintag||2}} (or ''Antep''),<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=505802 TDT Antep - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429222904/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=505802 |date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Bafra||2}},<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505803 TDT Bafra - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429234137/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505803 |date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Gökçedağ||2}},<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=505804 TDT Gökçedağ - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429231823/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&period=&id=505804 |date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Kastamonu||2}},<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505838 TDT Kastamonu - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429234134/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505838 |date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Ordu||2}},<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505807 TDT Ordu - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429222600/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505807 |date=29 April 2014 }}.</ref> and {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Refahiye||2}},<ref>[http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505808 TDT Refahiye - Warships 1900-1950<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429222901/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/shipsplus.php?language=E&id=505808 |date=29 April 2014 }}</ref> the armed [[Tugboat|tug]] {{ship|Ottoman tugboat|Muha||2}}, and the armed [[steam yacht]] {{ship|Ottoman yacht|Şipka||2}}<ref>Langensiepen & Güleryüz, pp. 15–16</ref> (formerly ''Fuad'', ''Fauwette'', or ''Fouvette'') — in the harbor at [[Al Qunfudhah|Kunfuda]] on the coast of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. The Ottoman vessels moved to attack ''Artigliere'', and ''Garibaldino'' and ''Piemonte'' rushed to her aid. The ensuing clash, the [[Battle of Kunfuda Bay]], lasted for three hours. Opening fire at a range of {{convert|4,500|m|yd|sigfig=2}}, the Italians sank three of the gunboats and forced the other three to beach themselves to avoid sinking, their crews fleeing after reaching shore. Sources do not mention the fate of ''Muha''. On 8&nbsp;January, the Italian ships returned and put ashore landing parties which completed the destruction of the beached gunboats after [[Marine salvage|salvaging]] guns and trophies from them. The ships then bombarded Kunfuda and captured four Arab [[dhow]]s. After the Ottoman troops in the area fled, a landing party from ''Piemonte'' occupied the town. Sources are unclear as to whether ''Şipka'' sank or remained afloat during the events of 7–8&nbsp;January, but agree that the Italians seized her as a [[Prize (law)|prize]], towed her to [[Massawa]], and later took her to Italy, where she was incorporated into the ''Regia Marina'' as the gunboat ''Cunfuda''.<ref name="betasom"/><ref>Langensiepen & Güleryüz, p. 16</ref>{{snf|Beehler|1913|p=51}}<ref>[http://www.anmi.taranto.it/filatelia/verri_cunfida/verri_cunfida.htm anmi taranto<!-- Title generated automatically -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210022816/http://www.anmi.taranto.it/filatelia/verri_cunfida/verri_cunfida.htm |date=10 December 2010 }}</ref>

In June 1912 ''Artigliere'' departed the Red Sea and returned to Italy.{{sfn|Beehler|1913|p=81}} The war ended on 18&nbsp;October&nbsp;1912 in an Italian victory.

===World War I===
[[World War I]] broke out in 1914, and Italy entered the war on the side of the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]] with its [[declaration of war]] on [[Austria-Hungary]] on 23&nbsp;May&nbsp;1915. At the time, ''Artigliere'', under the command of ''Capitano di fregata'' ([[Frigate captain|Frigate Captain]]) De Grossi, was part of the 3rd [[Destroyer squadron|Destroyer Squadron]], based at [[Brindisi]], which also included ''Bersagliere'', ''Corazziere'', ''Garibaldino'', and their sister ship {{ship|Italian destroyer|Lanciere|1907|2}}.{{sfn|Favre|pp=67, 70, 98, 129, 189.}} On 29&nbsp;May&nbsp;1915 ''Artigliere'', ''Bersagliere'', ''Garibaldino'', and ''Lanciere'' bombarded the Adria Werke [[chemical plant]] in [[Monfalcone]], a production site for [[Chemical weapons in World War I|poison gases]], while ''Alpino'', ''Corazziere'', and their sister ship {{ship|Italian destroyer|Pontiere||2}} provided support.{{sfn|Favre|pp=67, 70, 97, 155, 172.}} The ships carried out another bombardment of the Adria Werke on 7 June 1915.{{sfn|Favre|pp=67, 70, 97, 155, 172.}}

''Artigliere'' continued her World War I service without participating in any other significant events. By late October&nbsp;1918, Austria-Hungary had effectively disintegrated, and the [[Armistice of Villa Giusti]], signed on 3&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918, went into effect on 4&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918 and brought hostilities between Austria-Hungary and the Allies to an end. World War I ended a week later with an [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|armistice]] between the Allies and the [[German Empire]] on 11&nbsp;November&nbsp;1918.

===Post-World War I===
''Artigliere'' was reclassified as a torpedo boat on 1&nbsp;July&nbsp;1921. She was stricken from the [[naval register]] on 14&nbsp;June&nbsp;1923{{sfn|Fraccaroli|1985|p=286}}<ref name="Marina Militare"/> and subsequently scrapped.

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== References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
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