Italian destroyer Nicolò Zeno
Service
- as Nicolò Zeno? — 9 September 19431,469 days of the war
- Name
- Nicolò Zeno
- Namesake
- Nicolò Zeno (c. 1326–c. 1402), Venetian nobleman
- Builder
- Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume
- Laid down
- 5 June 1927
- Launched
- 12 August 1928
- Fate
- Scuttled 9 September 1943 (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)
Nicolò Zeno was a Navigatori-class destroyer built for the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Nicolò Zeno. Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume laid her keel on 5 June 1927. She was launched on 12 August 1928.
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 1,469 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 9 September 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
- 4 Yarrow 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 Leone Pancaldo
- Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo
- Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco
- Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Nicolò Zeno on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: An unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina — Ministero Della Difesa-Marina — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons