GRANATIERE (2)

Nome- Name: GRANATIERE (CLASSE SOLDATI 1 SERIE)
Nazionalità - Nationality: ITALIA - ITALY
Tipologia - Type: CACCIATORPEDINIERE - DESTROYER
Anno/data – Year/date: 1948-1949
Luogo - Location: TARANTO
AUTORE DELLA FOTOGRAFIA – PHOTO’S AUTHOR: FOTO DE PACE, TARANTO

COLLEZIONE DI PROVENIENZA – FROM THE COLLECTION OF: MAURIZIO BRESCIA

NOTE - NOTES: THE GRANATIERE AT TARANTO IN 1948-1949, LEADING THE DESTROYER GRECALE AND THE TORPEDO BOAT ORSA. AFTER A MAJOR OVERHAUL IN 1946, GRANATIERE JOINED THE "1ª SQUADRIGLIA CACCIATORPEDINIERE", WHERE THE ONLY THREE MODERN DESTROYERS LEFT TO ITALY BY THE PEACE TREATY (THE OTHERS BEING CARABINIERE AND GRECALE) WERE GROUPED. NOTICE THE SINGLE 4.7' GUN ON THE FORECASTLE THAT - ON SOME OF THE SHIPS FITTED WITH THE AMIDSHIP 4.7' SINGLE GUN - REPLACED THE TWIN MOUNT TO SAVE WEIGHT.