Italian destroyer Francesco Crispi
Service
- as Francesco Crispi? — 9 September 19431,469 days of the war
- as TA1530 October 1943 — 8 March 1944132 days of the war
- Name
- Francesco Crispi
- Namesake
- Francesco Crispi
- Builder
- Pattinson, Naples
- Laid down
- 21 February 1923
- Launched
- 12 September 1925
- Commissioned
- 30 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 8 March 1944
Refloated and later scuttled (1944) - 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)
Francesco Crispi was a Sella-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Francesco Crispi. Her keel was laid at Pattinson, Naples on 21 February 1923. Launched on 12 September 1925, she entered service on 30 October 1943.
Her class ran to two ships.
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. Her machinery developed 36,000 shp through two shafts.
She served with the Regia Marina as Francesco Crispi until 9 September 1943. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as TA15 from 30 October 1943. She was in commission for 1,601 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 8 March 1944. 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 Francesco Crispi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Regia Marina — https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RN_Crispi.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons