Italian destroyer Giosuè Carducci
- Displacement
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft)
- Beam
- 10.15 m (33.3 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 207
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Giosuè Carducci? — 28 March 1941574 days of the war
- Name
- Giosuè Carducci
- Namesake
- Giosuè Carducci
- Builder
- O.T.O., Livorno
- Laid down
- 5 February 1936
- Launched
- 28 October 1936
- Fate
- Sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan, 28 March 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,450 long tons (2,489 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.15 m (33.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.8 m (15.7 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 2,800 nmi (5,186 km)
- Complement
- 207
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Giosuè Carducci was a Oriani-class destroyer of the Regia Marina. She was named for Giosuè Carducci. O.T.O., Livorno laid her keel on 5 February 1936. She was launched on 28 October 1936.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the Maestrale-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Soldati-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,750 long tons standard and 2,450 long tons at full load. She measured 106.7 m (350 ft) long with a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 207.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. 48,000 hp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 574 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 28 March 1941. 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
- 48000 hp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 120 mm star shell guns
- 4 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 56 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Giosuè Carducci on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.