Italian destroyer Nembo (1927)
Service
- as Nembo24 October 1927 — 20 July 1940323 days of the war
- Name
- Nembo
- Pennant / hull number
- 1927
- Builder
- Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso
- Laid down
- 21 January 1925
- Launched
- 27 January 1927
- Commissioned
- 24 October 1927
- Fate
- Sunk, 20 July 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,073 long tons (1,090 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,673 long tons (1,700 t)
- Length
- 93.2 m (305.8 ft)
- Beam
- 9.2 m (30.2 ft)
- Draught
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 3,200 nmi (5,926 km)
- Complement
- 179
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Nembo was a Turbine-class destroyer in service with the Regia Marina. She carried the pennant number 1927. Her keel was laid at Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso on 21 January 1925. She entered service on 24 October 1927, having been launched on 27 January 1927.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sauro-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Navigatori-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,073 long tons standard and 1,673 long tons at full load. She measured 93.2 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 179.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. 40,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 323 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 20 July 1940. 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
- 40000 shp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 40 mm AA guns
- 1 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 52 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Nembo (1927) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/10046/nembo-2.JPG — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons