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RN Turbine
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Rank
AB
3.3
RB
3.3
Battle rating
Italy
Game nation
Destroyer
Main role
Free
Research
Free
Purchase
Kingdom of Italy
Operator country
General information

The RN Turbine was the lead ship of the Turbine-class destroyers, improved and enlarged versions of the preceding Sauro-class. Turbine was completed on 27th August 1927, and saw some action throughout her service life. During the Spanish Civil War, Turbine torpedoed and sank Soviet cargo ship Timiryazev carrying coal from Cardiff to Port Said. During her first war patrol on 13th June 1940, Turbine participated in the detection and sinking of British O-class submarine HMS Odin at the entrance of the Gulf of Taranto. She later also participated in the bombardment of the British-held port of Sollum, Egypt as retaliation after a British air attack on Tobruk. On 19th June, Turbine scored her second and last kill of the war, detecting another O-class submarine, HMS Orpheus, about 25 miles north of Tobruk and sinking it with depth charges. Between July and September 1940, Turbine survived multiple air attacks while at anchor in the ports of Tobruk and later Benghazi; except Euro, all her other sisters were sunk in the attacks. In 1942, Turbine underwent refit which changed her anti-aircraft weaponry to seven 20 mm Breda Model 1935 autocannons as the obsolete 40 mm pompoms were removed. Two depth charge launchers were also added. After Italy signed the Armistice, Turbine was ordered to surrender to Germany while at anchor at Piraeus, Greece. She was renamed TA14 and served in the Aegean until sunk by USAAF air attack with rockets in Salamis on 16th September 1944.

RN Turbine was introduced in Update "Starfighters" as Italian reserve destroyer. Her armament is relatively weak with very long reload of 11 sec, compared to her much faster firing contemporaries. Unlike them however, she has access to APHE shells, as well as HE-TF and standard HE shells. Turbine also has access to quite powerful torpedoes, capable of reaching speeds of up to 94 km/h, although limited to range of only 4 km. Turbine is best used as an ambusher, capable of delivering fast and deadly torpedo attacks at close range.


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Specification
Armour
Main fire tower 12 / 12 / 0 mm
Hull 16 mm (steel)
Superstructure 4 mm (steel)
Number of sections 7
Displacement 1,670 t
Crew 179 persons
Max speed
Forward 67578260 km/h
Backward 26223223 km/h
Primary armament
2 × Turret — 2 × 120 mm/45 O.T.O. Mod. 1926 cannon
Ammunition 800 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
11.2 → 8.6 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 33°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 1512.81512.8 °/s
Vertical 1512.81512.8 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
1000 m2500 m5000 m7500 m10000 m15000 m
HE292929292929
APHE157131105908069
HE-TF292929292929
Secondary armament
3 × Turret — 40 mm/39 Vickers-Terni mod.1915/1917 autocannon
Ammunition 4,500 rounds
Belt capacity 25 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
4.5 → 3.5 s
Fire rate 200 shots/min
Vertical guidance -5 / 80°
Turret Rotation Speed
Horizontal 3025.53025.5 °/s
Vertical 2420.42420.4 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HE-TF555555
Additional armament
Setup 1 6 × 533 mm steam turbined torpedo S.I. 250/533,4X7,5 Tipo A
Setup 2 6 × 533 mm steam turbined torpedo S.I. 250/533,4X7,5 Tipo A
52 × Bollo P.125/1932 moored contact mine
Setup 3 52 × Bollo P.125/1932 moored contact mine
Economy
Repair cost
AB free
RB free
Crew training free
Experts 1,000 SL
Aces 10 GE
Research Aces 80,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB
20 / 30 % SL
100 % RP
Total cost of modifications 3,700 RP
164 SL
Talisman cost 190 GE

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