Rare brass telescope Italian destroyer of the Royal Ship "BERSAGLIERE" .The ship built in the factories of the Cantieri Navali Riuniti di Palermo where her hull was set on the slips April 21, 1937, was launched July 3, 1938 and went into service on April 1 1939. her crew consisted of 13 officers and 202 petty officers and sailors and its armament was 4 pieces Ansaldo 120/50 Mod. 1926, 1 piece illuminating from 120/15 mm, 8 mm gunner 20/65, 6 tubes 533 mm torpedo tubes, two depth charge throwers (34 bombs), 2 hoppers for depth charges and the ability to carry and lay 64 mines. After several missions that perform successfully throughout WWII January 7, 1943 was moored at the pier south of the port of Palermo, when, starting from 16:25, this city was the object of the attack ten bombers of the 9th USAAF, with target port. Five minutes after the start of the attack the Bersagliere was hit by two bombs, skidded almost immediately to starboard, then, quickly, came down on that side sinking into the harbor. Some men were trapped inside the hull, sunk in a few feet of water, but it was not possible to save them: that they could not give a final farewell from behind portholes. Nell'affondamento of Bersagliere lost throughout life 59 members of his equipaggio.Il destroyers had hitherto carried out 146 combat missions, covering 53,700 miles.
In memory of the victims of the sinking the south pier was renamed "Molo CT Sharpshooter. "After a dutiful nod town and returning to our telescope and we can say that 'in excellent condition, very complete of all its components and even the brass cap where majestic bears the crown of our Royal Navy, in perfect condition are the lenses that do work perfectly even after seventy years finally labeled RN Sharpshooter and the date 1939 engraved on the front, excellent finally the patina of time ENJOY