The Italian Artigliere-class of destroyers according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1910-1911 no. 5

An item reported that the new Italian destroyers Pontiere and Alpino were part of the Artigliere-class. With the building of ships part of this class was started in 1906 and the original number of 4 was increased to 8 at he moment, namely the Artigliere, Granatiere, Lanciere, Bersagliere, Fuciliere, Carabiniere, Pontiere and Alpino. With a displacement of 375 tons were the dimensions 64,5 x 6,2 x 2 metres. The crew numbered 56 men, speed 29 miles, coal bunker capacity 80 ton and the armament consisted of 4-7,6cm guns en 3 torpedo guns.