Italian destroyer Lanzerotto Malocello
- Displacement
- 1,900 long tons (1,930 t)
- Length
- 107.3 m (352 ft)
- Beam
- 10.2 m (33.5 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 222
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Lanzerotto Malocello? — 24 March 19431,300 days of the war
- Name
- Lanzerotto Malocello
- Namesake
- Lanzerotto Malocello
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente
- Laid down
- 30 August 1927
- Launched
- 14 March 1928
- Fate
- Sunk by mine, 24 March 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)
Lanzerotto Malocello was a Navigatori-class destroyer of the Regia Marina. She was named for Lanzerotto Malocello. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente laid her keel on 30 August 1927. She was launched on 14 March 1928.
She was one of twelve ships of her class. 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 1,300 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 24 March 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 da Noli
- Italian destroyer Antonio Pigafetta
- Italian destroyer Antoniotto Usodimare
- Italian destroyer Emanuele Pessagno
- Italian destroyer Giovanni da Verrazzano
- 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 Lanzerotto Malocello on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.