What makes Turbine better over the previous designs is improved engines and much better anti aircraft armament. Turbine was another step forward in the development of the previous designs(Sauro/Sella), although not as extensive as the step forward between Curtatone and Sauro/Sella. NOTE: I considered the original armament which was eventually refitted although the WWI armament can be taken into consideration as well Aquila and Falco were at the end given to Nationalist Spain and renamed Melilla and Ceuta respectively. After WWI they got the originally planned primary armament and then two of them(Nibbio and Sparviero) were finally given to Romania(renamed Mărăşti and Măraşeşti). Only three were completed before the end of WWI(Aquila, Nibbio and Sparviero) but they saw little action. The original primary armament was five 120/45 in two double and one single but it was changed in three 152/40 in three singles. Due to WWII the four ships of the class were requisitioned by the RM and renamed(Aquila, Falco, Nibbio and Sparviero). Renamed TA20 she was used by the Germans until being sunk by the British on After the Armistice she was at Venezia and tried to sail southwards but, due problems in the engine, she had to sail back to be captured by the Germans. When WWII started she was assigned at Pola used at first as training ship and then, after a refit, as AA escort. Between the wars she was re-rated as torpedo boat and modified to radio control the target ship San Marco. She was the first Italian ship to reach Trieste after the end of WWI and, with the highest authorities on board, she greeted the Austrian war prizes. This unit was quite active in WWI, supporting most of the MAS sorties against the Austro-Hungarian fleet. The differences with the original design lies in the armament which used standard issue for the RM: the 102/35 as primary armament and the 450 mm torpedo tubes. In 1916 the unit was transferred to Italy(originally renamed Intrepido and then Audace). Originally she was the Japanese destroyer Kawakaze, built in the UK.
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