Navigatori class destroyer

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Destroyer Giovanni da Verazzano, Navigatori class, sunk in 1942.
Destroyer Giovanni da Verazzano, Navigatori class, sunk in 1942.

The Navigatori class were a group of Italian destroyers built in 1928-29. These ships were named after Italian explorerers (Navigatori). They fought in World War II.

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[edit] Design

These ships were built for the Regia Marina as a reply to the large contre-torpilieurs of the Jaguar and Guepard classes built for the French Navy. These ships were significantly larger than other contemporary Italian destroyes. The main armament was a new model 120mm gun and unit machinery was used. The ships were fast but were found to lack stability and were rebuilt with a clipper bow in the late 1930s.

[edit] General characteristics

  • Displacement:
    • 1,900 tonnes standard
    • 2,650 tonnes full load
  • Length: 107 m
  • Beam: 10.2 m
  • Draught: 3.5 m
  • Machinery: 2 shaft 4 boilers, geared turbines, 50,000 hp unit machinery, 630 tons oil
  • Speed: 38 knots
  • Range:
  • Armament:
    • 6 120 mm guns (3 × 2),
    • 2 40 mm pom-pom guns (2 × 1),
    • 8 13.2 mm machine guns,
    • 6 533 mm torpedo tubes,
    • 56 mines
  • Crew: 224

[edit] Ships

Ship Named after Builder Commissioned Fate
Alvise Da Mosto Alvise Cadamosto CNQ of Fiume 15 March 1931 sunk by HMS Aurora & HMS Penelope near Tripoli, 1 December 1941.
Antonio Da Noli Antonio da Noli CT at Riva Trigoso 29 December 1929 mined and on 9 September 1943
Nicoloso Da Recco Nicoloso da Recco CNR at Ancona 20 May 1930 survived the war decommissioned on 15 July 1954
Giovanni Da Verrazzano Giovanni Da Verrazzano CNQ Fiume 25 September 1930 sunk 19 October 1942 by British submarine Unbending
Lanzerotto Malocello Lanzerotto Malocello Ansaldo at Genoa 18 January 1930 lost on 24 March 1943 to a mine north of Cape Bon
Leone Pancaldo Leon Pancaldo CT of Riva Trigoso 30th November 1929 bombed and sunk on 30 April 1943 near Tunisia.
Emanuele Pessagno Emanuele Pessagno CNR of Ancona 10 March 1930, sunk by British submarine HMS Turbulent on 29 May 1942
Antonio Pigafetta Antonio Pigafetta CNQ of Fiume 1 May 1931 Sank British submarine HMS Usk May 1942, Captured by the Germans after the Italian armistice with the Allies, served as the TA44. Sunk on 21 February 1945
Luca Tarigo Luca Tarigo Ansaldo Genoa 16 November 1929 sunk by British destroyers on 16 April 1941 but torpedoed and sank the British destroyer HMS Mohawk before sinking. See Battle of the Tarigo Convoy.
Antoniotto Usodimare Antoniotto Usodimare Odera of Sestri Ponente 21 November 1929 sank British submarine P38 on 25 February 1942, lost 8 June 1942
Ugolino Vivaldi Ugolino Vivaldi Odera, Sestri Ponente 6 March 1930 sank British Submarine HMS Oswald 1 August 1940, bombed and sunk by German aircraft while attempting to reach internment in Spain following the Italian Armistice 10 September 1943
Nicolò Zeno Nicolò Zeno CNQ of Fiume 27 may 1930 Scuttled in Trieste on 9 September 1943 to prevent capture by the Germans following the Italian Armistice

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San Marco (armoured cruiser) — Taranto (single ship; German cruiser from World War I)
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