Italian destroyer Fuciliere (1938)
Service
- as Fuciliere? — 10 January 19502,193 days of the war
- Name
- Fuciliere
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Namesake
- Fusilier
- Builder
- Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona
- Laid down
- 2 May 1937
- Launched
- 31 July 1938
- Struck
- 10 January 1950
- Fate
- Transferred to the Soviet Union as war reparations, 31 January 1950 (1950)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,850 long tons (1,880 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,550 long tons (2,591 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.15 m (33.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.3 m (14.1 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 2,340 nmi (4,334 km)
- Complement
- 206
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Fuciliere was a Soldati-class destroyer in service with the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1938. She was named for Fusilier. Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona laid her keel on 2 May 1937. She was launched on 31 July 1938.
17 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Oriani-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Comandanti Medaglie d'Oro-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,850 long tons standard and 2,550 long tons at full load. She measured 106.7 m (350 ft) long with a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 206.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. Her machinery developed 48,000 shp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 January 1950.
She was transferred on 31 January 1950.
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 Yarrow boilers
- 48000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 1 × 120 mm star shell gun
- 8 × 20 mm AA guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × depth charge throwers
- 48 mines
Sister ships
- Italian destroyer Alpino (1938)
- Italian destroyer Artigliere (1937)
- Italian destroyer Ascari
- Italian destroyer Aviere (1937)
- Italian destroyer Bersagliere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Bombardiere
- Italian destroyer Camicia Nera
- Italian destroyer Carabiniere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Corazziere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Corsaro
- Italian destroyer Geniere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Granatiere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Lanciere (1938)
- Italian destroyer Legionario
- Italian destroyer Mitragliere
- Italian destroyer Velite
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Fuciliere (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: unattributed — it.Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons