Italian destroyer Daniele Manin
Service
- as Daniele Manin? — 3 April 1941580 days of the war
- Name
- Daniele Manin
- Namesake
- Daniele Manin
- Builder
- Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume
- Laid down
- 9 October 1924
- Launched
- 15 June 1925
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 3 April 1941
By aircraft (1941) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,041 long tons (1,058 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,575 long tons (1,600 t)
- Length
- 90.16 m (295.8 ft)
- Beam
- 9.2 m (30.2 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Range
- 2,600 nmi (4,815 km)
- Complement
- 154
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Daniele Manin was a Sauro-class destroyer built for the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Daniele Manin. Her keel was laid at Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume on 9 October 1924. She was launched on 15 June 1925.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sella-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Turbine-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,041 long tons standard and 1,575 long tons at full load. She measured 90.2 m (296 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 31 knots, and she carried a complement of 154.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. 36,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 580 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 3 April 1941 by aircraft. 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 Yarrow boilers
- 36000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
- 2 × single 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 52 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Daniele Manin on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Cantieri Navali del Quarnaro S.A. - Fiume — Cartolina illustrata — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons