Laid down by Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy on 25 January 1936. Launched on 27 September 1936. Commissioned on 16 January 1937. Lost off Cape Spartivento on 2 July 1943 during a fight with the British destroyer HMS Jervis (1) and Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga (2). Stricken on 18 October 1946. Spica-class, sub-class Climene, preceded by Curtatone-class, succeeded by Ariete-class. Displacement 652 (standard)-1.010 (full load) tons and as dimensions 81.40 x 8.20 x 2.38-3.01 metres. Two Tosi turbines and 2 Yarrow type boilers with 19.000 hp, 221 tons fuel bunker capacity and 34 knots speed. Range 1.960 nautical miles/15 knots and 704 nautical miles/30 knots. Crew numbered 99 men. Armament included 4x1-45cm/18” torpedo guns, 3x1-10cm/3.9” 47 cal guns, 4x2-13.2mm/0.5”guns and mines.
Notes
1. F00 since 1940 G00. Part of J-class Flotilla leaders, preceded by Tribal-class, succeeded by L and M-classes, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne, England on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938, commissioned on 8 May 1939, decommissioned in May 1946 and sold to be broken up in 1954. Displacement 1.720 (standard)-2.370 (full load tons), speed 36 knots, main armament 3x2-12cm/4.7” guns and 2x5-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes.
2. Of the G and H-classes type destroyers, building ordered on 29 January 1937, laid down by Yarrow&Company, United Kingdom on 1 February 1937, launched on 2 June 1938, commissioned on 4 February 1939 and sunk on 26 September 1943. Displacement 1.371 (standard)-1.879 (deep load). Speed 36 knots. Main armament 4x1-12.7cm/5” guns and 2x4-53.3cm/21” torpedo tubes.
Sources
AMM. Paolo M. Pollina. Le Torpediniere Italiane. Officio Storico della Marina Militare. Rome, 1964.
Several editions of Jane’s Fighting Ships
The Naval Annual 1913
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