Italian destroyer Audace

Last updated May 01, 2024

Audace was the name of at least three ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to:

Italian destroyer Audace (1913), an Audace-class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk in a collision in 1916.
Italian destroyer Audace (1916), a destroyer ordered for Japan from Yarrow as Kawakaze transferred to Italy while building renamed Intrepido then Audace. Seized by Germany 1943, renamed TA20 and sunk in 1944.
Italian destroyer Audace (D 551), an Audace-class destroyer launched in 1971 and decommissioned in 2006.

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The Italian destroyer Audace was originally ordered by Japan from Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland under the name of Kawakaze, but was transferred to Italy in 1916 while still under construction. She served as the command ship for the radio-controlled target ship San Marco in 1937–1940 and then was rearmed for convoy escort and patrolling duties when World War II began. Audace was captured by the Germans in 1943 and used by them as a minelayer and escort ship in the Adriatic Sea until she was sunk by a pair of British destroyers in late 1944.

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Audace was the lead ship of the Audace-class destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina. Commissioned in 1914, she served during World War I, participating in the Adriatic campaign and operating as a convoy escort until she sank after a collision in 1916.

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