nearly sister-ship Cigno 1906
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Airone | AI | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 4/1906 | 13/5/1907 | 11/1907 | stricken 9/1923 |
| Albatros | AB | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 8/1905 | 22/1/1907 | 8/1907 | stricken 3/1923 |
| Alcione | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 8/1905 | 13/9/1906 | 8/1907 | stricken 3/1923 | |
| Ardea | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 8/1905 | 10/1/1907 | 5/1907 | stricken 3/1923 | |
| Arpia | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 6/1906 | 22/8/1907 | 4/1908 | stricken 3/1923 | |
| Astore | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 4/1906 | 22/6/1907 | 1/908 | stricken 6/1923 |
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Displacement normal, t |
217 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
50.0 wl 50.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.30 |
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Draught, m |
1.72 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2900 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 330(25) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 47/53 Nordenfelt, 3 x 1 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
38 |
Ship project history: Built under British project. Successful ships with good seaworthiness for their dimensions. Alcione, Airone and Arpia in 1915-1917 were converted to fast minesweepers.
Modernizations: 1910 - 1913, Airone, Alcione, Ardea: were converted to oil burners.
1916 - 1918, all: - 3 x 1 - 47/53, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong 1916, 1 x 1 - 76/30 Armstrong 1914, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76
1917, Alcione, Arpia; 1918, Airone: were converted to fast minesweepers: - 1 x 1 - 76/30; + sweeps
Naval service: Arpia was sunk 17/1/1918 from collision with a wreck, later salvaged and 25/7/1918 commissioned again.
Albatros
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