Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer class

Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer

Pilo class

The class in numbers

  • 8 Completed
  • 4 Lost

Design and service

Type
Destroyer
Built
1913 - 1916
Succeeded by
Generali-class destroyer
Operators
(1916–1943), (1943–1944)
Builders
  • Odero, Sestri Ponente
  • Pattison, Naples

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, standard
770 long tons (782 t)
Displacement, full load
912 long tons (927 t)
Length
73 m (239.5 ft)
Speed
30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
Complement
69
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)
Armament
  • 1915–1918:
  • 4 × 1 Cannon 76/40 Model 1916
  • 2 × 1 76mm/30 AA
  • 4 × 1 450mm torpedo tubes
  • 10 mines
  • 1919–1921:
  • 5 × 1 102 mm/35 guns
  • 2 × 1 - 40 mm/39 AA
  • 4 × 1 450mm torpedo tubes

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