Italian destroyer Premuda
Service
- as DubrovnikMay 1932 — 17 April 1941594 days of the war
- as PremudaFebruary 1942 — 9 September 1943585 days of the war
- as TA3218 August 1944 — 24 April 1945249 days of the war
- Name
- Premuda
- Namesake
- City of Dubrovnik
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders
- Ordered
- 1929
- Laid down
- 10 June 1930
- Launched
- 11 October 1931
- Commissioned
- May 1932
- Fate
- Scuttled on 24 April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,880 long tons (1,910 t)
- Length
- 113.2 m (371.4 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 4.1 m (13.5 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 240
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Premuda was a destroyer built for the Yugoslav Navy. The ship was named after City of Dubrovnik. Yarrow Shipbuilders laid her keel on 10 June 1930. She entered service in May 1932, having been launched on 11 October 1931.
She displaced 1,880 long tons. She measured 113.2 m (371 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 240. Her main battery was of 140 mm (5.5 in) calibre.
She served with the Yugoslav Navy as Dubrovnik until 17 April 1941. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as Premuda from February 1942. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as TA32 from 18 August 1944. She was in commission for 1,428 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 24 April 1945. 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
- Two shafts
- 2 × Parsons steam turbines (48000 shp)
- 1 × Curtis steam turbine for cruising (900 shp)
- 3 × Yarrow water-tube boilers
- Armament
- 4 × Škoda 140 mm naval guns
- 2 × Škoda 83.5 mm AA guns
- 6 × Škoda 40 mm AA guns
- 2 × Česká zbrojovka 15 mm machine guns
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 40 × naval mines
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Premuda on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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