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

Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi

Navigatori-class destroyer

Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi
Unknown author — https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/hms-oswald-and-ugalino-vivaldi.24299/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi

Service

  1. Regia Marina as Ugolino Vivaldi? — 10 September 19431,470 days of the war
Navigatori-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Ugolino Vivaldi
Namesake
Ugolino Vivaldi
Builder
Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente
Laid down
16 May 1927
Launched
9 January 1929
Fate
Scuttled following damage by coastal battery and aircraft, 10 September 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

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)

Ugolino Vivaldi was a Navigatori-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Ugolino Vivaldi. Cantieri navali Odero, Sestri Ponente laid her keel on 16 May 1927. She was launched on 9 January 1929.

Her class ran to twelve ships. 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 1,470 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 10 September 1943. 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 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
  • 86–104 mines

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/threads/hms-oswald-and-ugalino-vivaldi.24299/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons