Regia Marina — Destroyer
Italian destroyer Leone
- Displacement
- 2,195 long tons (2,230 t)
- Length
- 113.41 m (372.1 ft)
- Beam
- 10.36 m (34 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 204
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Leone? — 1 April 1941578 days of the war
Leone-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- Leone
- Namesake
- Lion
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente
- Laid down
- 23 November 1921
- Launched
- 1 October 1923
- Fate
- Foundered, 1 April 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,195 long tons (2,230 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,289 long tons (2,326 t)
- Length
- 113.41 m (372.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.36 m (34 ft)
- Draught
- 3.1 m (10.2 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 2,000 nmi (3,704 km)
- Complement
- 204
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Leone was a Leone-class destroyer of the Regia Marina. She was named for Lion. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente laid her keel on 23 November 1921. She was launched on 1 October 1923.
Three ships of the class were built.
She displaced 2,195 long tons standard and 2,289 long tons at full load. She measured 113.4 m (372 ft) long with a beam of 10.4 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 204.
Her main battery was eight 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in four twin mountings. Her machinery developed 42,000 hp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 578 days of the Second World War.
She was wrecked on 1 April 1941.
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
- 42000 hp
- Armament
- 4 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 76 mm AA guns
- 2 × triple 450 mm torpedo tubes
- 60 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Leone on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.