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Indomito was an Italian Indomito-class destroyer built for the Regia Marina (Royal Navy). She entered service in 1913 and took part in World War I, including active operations in the Adriatic campaign. In 1917, she fought in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. In 1929, she was reclassified as a torpedo boat. She was then removed from the naval register in 1937 and later scrapped. Indomito was built in Naples, Italy, at the Cantiere Pattison, starting in 1910. She was launched on 10 May 1912 and entered service after being commissioned in 1913. Italy entered World War I on the Allied side in May 1915, and the destroyer Indomito—part of the 2nd Destroyer Squadron based at Taranto—helped escort ships involved in shelling targets along the Albanian coast in June 1915. Later that year, Indomito and other destroyers supported convoys for troops in Albania; in December, one transport hit a mine and sank quickly, though most of the crew were rescued. Indomito also escorted supply ships between Italian ports and Vlorë in early December 1915. On 23 February 1916, the Italian destroyers Indomito, Impetuoso, and Ardito, along with the protected cruisers Libia and Puglia, stationed themselves in the harbor at Durrës, Albania, to protect the withdrawal of the “Savona” Brigade. Later, on 11 December 1916, Indomito and Ardente sailed from Vlorë to escort the battleship Regina Margherita to Italy, but it struck two mines near Vlorë, capsized, and sank in seven minutes, killing 674 people. Indomito was then repaired at the Venetian Arsenal later in December. In the Battle of the Strait of Otranto on the night of 14–15 May 1917, the Austro-Hungarian Navy attacked the anti-submarine Otranto Barrage and an Italian convoy, but the Italian destroyers Aquila and others, including Indomito, engaged Austro-Hungarian destroyers. Aquila was hit and immobilized, while the Austro-Hungarian ships escaped under coastal artillery cover; the battle ended without any ships sunk. Later in 1917, Indomito escorted convoys and provided distant support for an air raid, then in October helped pursue an Austro-Hungarian force that was trying to lure Italians into a submarine ambush, but the Austrians escaped and the Italians returned unharmed.