Italian destroyer Vittorio Alfieri
- Displacement
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft)
- Beam
- 10.15 m (33.3 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 207
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Vittorio Alfieri? — 28 March 1941574 days of the war
- Name
- Vittorio Alfieri
- Namesake
- Vittorio Alfieri
- Builder
- O.T.O., Livorno
- Laid down
- 4 April 1935
- Launched
- 20 December 1936
- Fate
- Sunk during the Battle of Cape Matapan, 28 March 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,450 long tons (2,489 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.15 m (33.3 ft)
- Draught
- 4.8 m (15.7 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Range
- 2,800 nmi (5,186 km)
- Complement
- 207
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Vittorio Alfieri was a Oriani-class destroyer, operated by the Regia Marina. The ship was named after Vittorio Alfieri. O.T.O., Livorno laid her keel on 4 April 1935. She was launched on 20 December 1936.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Maestrale-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Soldati-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,750 long tons standard and 2,450 long tons at full load. She measured 106.7 m (350 ft) long with a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 207.
Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in two twin mountings. 48,000 hp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 574 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 28 March 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
- 3 Thornycroft boilers
- 48000 hp
- Armament
- 2 × twin 120 mm guns
- 2 × single 120 mm star shell guns
- 4 × twin 13.2 mm machine guns
- 2 × triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 56 mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Italian destroyer Vittorio Alfieri on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.