Italian destroyer Nazario Sauro
Service
- as Nazario Sauro? — 3 April 1941580 days of the war
- Name
- Nazario Sauro
- Namesake
- Nazario Sauro
- Builder
- Odero-Terni-Orlando, Sestri Ponente
- Laid down
- 9 February 1924
- Launched
- 12 May 1926
- Fate
- Sunk by aircraft, 3 April 1941
By aircraft (1941) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,058 long tons (1,075 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,600 long tons (1,626 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
- 155
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Nazario Sauro was a Sauro-class destroyer built for the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Nazario Sauro. Odero-Terni-Orlando, Sestri Ponente laid her keel on 9 February 1924. She was launched on 12 May 1926.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sella-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Turbine-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,058 long tons standard and 1,600 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 155.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. Her machinery developed 36,000 shp through 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 Nazario Sauro on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Aldo Fraccaroli — Giorgio Parodi — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons