Italian destroyer Antonio da Noli
Service
- as Antonio da Noli? — 9 September 19431,469 days of the war
- Name
- Antonio da Noli
- Namesake
- Antonio da Noli
- Builder
- Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso
- Laid down
- 25 July 1927
- Launched
- 21 May 1929
- Fate
- Sunk by mine, 9 September 1943
By mine (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)
Antonio da Noli was a Navigatori-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. She was named for Antonio da Noli. Her keel was laid at Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso on 25 July 1927. She was launched on 21 May 1929.
Twelve ships of the class were built. The class followed the Turbine-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Freccia-class destroyer.
She displaced 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 sunk on 9 September 1943 by mine. 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 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 Nicolò Zeno
- Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco
- Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Antonio da Noli on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Lucio Profeti — it.Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons