Italian destroyer Leone Pancaldo
Service
- as Leone Pancaldo? — 30 April 19431,335 days of the war
- Name
- Leone Pancaldo
- Namesake
- Leon Pancaldo
- Builder
- Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Riva Trigoso
- Laid down
- 7 July 1927
- Launched
- 5 February 1929
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 30 April 1943
By aircraft (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,900 long tons (1,930 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,580 long tons (2,621 t)
- Length
- 107.3 m (352 ft)
- Beam
- 10.2 m (33.5 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 3,800 nmi (7,038 km)
- Complement
- 222
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Leone Pancaldo was a Navigatori-class destroyer of the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Leon Pancaldo. Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Riva Trigoso laid her keel on 7 July 1927. She was launched on 5 February 1929.
Her class ran to twelve ships. The class followed the Turbine-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Freccia-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,900 long tons standard and 2,580 long tons at full load. She measured 107.3 m (352 ft) long with a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 222.
Her main battery was six 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in three twin mountings. 55,000 hp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,335 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 30 April 1943 by aircraft. 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
- 4 water-tube boilers
- 55000 hp
- Armament
- 3 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
- 4 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 86–104 mines
Sister ships
- Italian destroyer Alvise da Mosto
- Italian destroyer Antonio da Noli
- Italian destroyer Antonio Pigafetta
- Italian destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare
- Italian destroyer Emanuele Pessagno
- Italian destroyer Giovanni da Verrazzano
- Italian destroyer Lanzerotto Malocello
- Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo
- Italian destroyer Nicolò Zeno
- Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco
- Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Leone Pancaldo on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://profilemorskie.home.pl/Ships/84_LEONE%20PANCALDO.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons