Regia Marina — Destroyer
Italian destroyer Pantera
Service
- as Pantera? — 4 April 1941581 days of the war
Leone-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- Pantera
- Namesake
- Leopard
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente
- Laid down
- 19 December 1921
- Launched
- 18 October 1924
- Fate
- Scuttled, 3/4 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)
Pantera was a Leone-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. She was named for Leopard. Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente laid her keel on 19 December 1921. She was launched on 18 October 1924.
Her class ran to three ships.
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. 42,000 hp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 581 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 4 April 1941. 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 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 Pantera on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: An unknown serviceman of the Regia Marina — Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons