Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Regia Marina — Destroyer

Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco

Navigatori-class destroyer

Italian destroyer Nicoloso da Recco
An unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina — Ministero Della Difesa-Marina — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Italian destroyer Da Recco .

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Nicoloso da Recco20 May 1930 — 15 July 19542,193 days of the war
Navigatori-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Nicoloso da Recco
Namesake
Nicoloso da Recco
Builder
Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico
Laid down
14 December 1927
Launched
5 January 1930
Commissioned
20 May 1930
Struck
15 July 1954
Fate
Scrapped 1954 (1954)
Status
Scrapped

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)

Nicoloso da Recco was a Navigatori-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Nicoloso da Recco. Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico laid her keel on 14 December 1927. She entered service on 20 May 1930, having been launched on 5 January 1930.

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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 July 1954.

She was broken up for scrap in 1954.

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

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