Regia Marina — Destroyer
Italian destroyer Quintino Sella
- Displacement
- 955 long tons (970 t)
- Length
- 84.9 m (278.5 ft)
- Beam
- 8.6 m (28.2 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 152
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Quintino Sella? — 11 September 19431,471 days of the war
Sella-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- Quintino Sella
- Namesake
- Quintino Sella
- Builder
- Pattinson, Naples
- Laid down
- 12 October 1922
- Launched
- 25 April 1925
- Fate
- Sunk by torpedo, 11 September 1943
By torpedo (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 955 long tons (970 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,457 long tons (1,480 t)
- Length
- 84.9 m (278.5 ft)
- Beam
- 8.6 m (28.2 ft)
- Draught
- 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 152
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Quintino Sella was a Sella-class destroyer in service with the Regia Marina. She was named for Quintino Sella. Pattinson, Naples laid her keel on 12 October 1922. She was launched on 25 April 1925.
She was one of two ships of her class.
Displacement was 955 long tons standard and 1,457 long tons at full load. She measured 84.9 m (279 ft) long with a beam of 8.6 m (28 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 152.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. 36,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,471 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 11 September 1943 by torpedo. 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
- 36000 shp
- Armament
- 1 × twin, 1 × single 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × twin 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 32 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Quintino Sella on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.