Italian destroyer Euro (1927)
Service
- as Euro? — 3 October 19431,493 days of the war
- Name
- Euro
- Pennant / hull number
- 1927
- Namesake
- Euro, easterly wind
- Builder
- Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso
- Laid down
- 24 January 1925
- Launched
- 7 July 1927
- Fate
- Sunk, 3 October 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,073 long tons (1,090 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,673 long tons (1,700 t)
- Length
- 93.2 m (305.8 ft)
- Beam
- 9.2 m (30.2 ft)
- Draught
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 3,200 nmi (5,926 km)
- Complement
- 179
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Euro was a Turbine-class destroyer of the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1927. The ship was named after Euro. Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso laid her keel on 24 January 1925. She was launched on 7 July 1927.
Her class ran to eight ships. The class followed the Sauro-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Navigatori-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,073 long tons standard and 1,673 long tons at full load. She measured 93.2 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 179.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. Her machinery developed 40,000 shp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,493 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 3 October 1943. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 3 Thornycroft boilers
- 40000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
- 1 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 52 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Euro (1927) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: italienische marine — Nembo (cacciatorpediniere 1927) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons