Maestrale-class destroyer
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Destroyer Scirocco at anchor
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Class overview | |
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Name | Maestrale class |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Template:Sclass- |
Succeeded by | Template:Sclass- |
Built | 1931–1934 |
In commission | 1934–1954 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.31 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 191 |
Armament |
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The Maestrale class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy and served in World War II. They were an enlarged version of the Dardo-class destroyers. They were 10 metres (33 ft) longer and introduced new pattern 120 mm guns. They formed the basis for subsequent Italian destroyer designs; the Template:Sclass- and Template:Sclass2-es.
Ships
- Maestrale
- Built by CT Riva Trigoso,
- completed 2 September 1934.
- Damaged by a mine on 9 January 1943, She was scuttled on 9 September 1943 during the Italian Armistice while being repaired in Genoa.
- Grecale
- Built by CNR Ancona,
- completed 15 November 1934.
- She survived the war and served in the Marina Militare until 1954.
- Libeccio
- Built by CNR Ancona,
- Laid down 29 Sep 1931
- Launched 4 July 1934
- completed 23 November 1934.
- She was sunk on 9 November 1941 by the British submarine Upholder.
- Scirocco -
- Built by CT Riva Trigoso,
- Completed 21 October 1934.
- Sunk in a storm following the Second Battle of Sirte on 23 March 1942, with only two survivors among the 236-strong crew.
Notes
- ^ Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 335–338. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
Sources
- Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.