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{{short description|Impavido-class guided missile destroyer}}
{{other ships|Italian ship Intrepido}}
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| Ship caption = [[HMS Victorious (R38)|HMS ''Victorious'']] and ''Intrepido'' leaving [[Malta]] in July 1967.
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| Ship country = Italy
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| Ship name = ''Intrepido''
| Ship namesake = [[wikt:Intrepid|Intrepido]]
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| Ship laid down = 16 May 1959
| Ship launched = 21 October 1962
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| Ship commissioned = 28 July 1964
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| Ship decommissioned = August 1991
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| Ship identification = *[[Pennant number]]: D 571
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| Ship fate = Scrapped
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| Header caption = Data from <ref name="JFS71 p184">Blackman 1971, p. 184.</ref>
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| Ship displacement = *3,201 ton standard
*3,941 tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|130.9|m|ftin|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|13.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = *2 shaft geared turbines
*4 Foster Wheeler boilers, {{convert|70000|hp|kW|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|34|kn|abbr=on}}
| Ship range = {{convert|3300|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}}
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| Ship complement = 344 (15 officers, 319 enlisted)
| Ship sensors = *AN/SPS-12 Air search radar
*AN/SPS-39 3D radar
*[[AN/SPG-51]] Tartar fire control
*[[AN/SQS-23]] sonar<ref name="Conways p207">Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 207.</ref>
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| Ship armament = *1× [[Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System|Tartar]] [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] system
*2× [[5"/38 caliber gun|{{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on|0}}/38]] [[naval artillery|gun]]
*4× [[OTO Melara]] [[76mm/L62 Allargato|{{convert|76|mm|in|abbr=on|0}}/L62 MMI]]
*2× {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} triple torpedo launchers<ref name="Conways p207"/>
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'''''Intrepido''''' '''(D 571)''' is the second ship of the [[Impavido-class destroyer|Impavido-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Italian Navy]].
== Development  ==
The ''Impavido-''class were the first [[Guided-missile destroyer|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 [[RIM-24 Tartar|Tartar missile system]], with a [[Mark 13 missile launcher|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 {{convert|127|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns, but the American ships had these in single mountings and a new model, the [[5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun|Mk 42]], one fore and the other aft, while the ''Impavido-''class made use of an older [[3"/50 caliber gun|Mk 38 dual turret]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Impavido class Guided-Missile Destroyer|url=https://www.helis.com/database/sys/197-Impavido-class|access-date=2020-09-27|website=Helis.com|language=en}}</ref>
== 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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File:Italian destroyer Intrepido (D 571) at anchor, in 1971.jpg|''Intrepido'' anchored in 1971.
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== Citations ==
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.| title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72|year=1971|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd|location=London|isbn =0-354-00096-9}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Chumbley|editor2-first=Stephen|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995|year=1995|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland, US|isbn=1-55750-132-7}}
==External links==
* [https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/mezzi/mezzi-storici/Pagine/EFGHI/intrepido_caccia02.aspx Destroyer Impavido] Marina Militare website
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