Italian destroyer Carlo Mirabello
Service
- as Carlo Mirabello? — 21 May 1941628 days of the war
- Name
- Carlo Mirabello
- Namesake
- Carlo Mirabello (1847–1910), Italian admiral and politician
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy
- Laid down
- 21 November 1914
- Launched
- 21 December 1915
- Fate
- Sunk by mine 21 May 1941
By mine (1941) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,756 long tons (1,784 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,008 long tons (2,040 t)
- Length
- 103.75 m (340.4 ft)
- Beam
- 9.74 m (32 ft)
- Draught
- 3.6 m (11.8 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 2,300 nmi (4,260 km)
- Complement
- 169
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Carlo Mirabello was a Mirabello-class destroyer in service with the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Carlo Mirabello. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente, Italy laid her keel on 21 November 1914. She was launched on 21 December 1915.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the Aquila-class destroyer and was succeeded by the La Masa-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,756 long tons standard and 2,008 long tons at full load. She measured 103.8 m (340 ft) long with a beam of 9.7 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 169.
Her main battery was eight 102 mm (4.0 in) guns. 44,000 hp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 628 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 21 May 1941 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 Yarrow boilers
- 44000 hp
- Armament
- 8 × single 102 mm guns
- 2 × single 76 mm AA guns
- 2 × twin 450 mm torpedo tubes
- 100 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Carlo Mirabello on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: unattributed — it.Wikipedia — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons