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History | |
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Name | Emanuele Pessagno |
Namesake | Emanuele Pessagno |
Builder | Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Ancona |
Laid down | 9 October 1927 |
Launched | 12 August 1929 |
Completed | 10 March 1930 |
Fate | Sunk, 29 May 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class & type | Navigatori-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 107.3 m (352 ft) |
Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph) |
Range | 3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 222–225 (wartime) |
Armament |
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Emanuele Pessagno was one of a dozen Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she served in World War II.
The Navigatori-class destroyers were designed to counter the large French destroyers of the Jaguar and Guépard classes. [1] They had an overall length of 107.3 meters (352 ft), a beam of 10.2 meters (33 ft 6 in) and a mean draft of 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in). [2] They displaced 1,900 metric tons (1,900 long tons ) at standard load, and 2,580 metric tons (2,540 long tons) at deep load. Their complement during wartime was 222–225 officers and enlisted men. [3]
The Navigatoris were powered by two Tosi geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by four Odero-Terni-Orlando water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 55,000 shaft horsepower (41,000 kW ) [3] and a speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) in service, although the ships reached speeds of 38–41 knots (70–76 km/h; 44–47 mph) during their sea trials while lightly loaded. [4] They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 3,800 nautical miles (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). [3]
Their main battery consisted of six 120-millimeter (4.7 in) guns in three twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the third amidships. [5] Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the Navigatori-class ships was provided by a pair of 40-millimeter (1.6 in) AA guns in single mounts abreast the forward funnel and a pair of twin-gun mounts for 13.2-millimeter (0.52 in) machine guns. They were equipped with six 533-millimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes in two triple mounts amidships. The Navigatoris could carry 86–104 mines. [4]
Emanuele Pessagno was laid down by Cantieri Navali Riuniti at their Ancona shipyard on 9 October 1927, launched on 12 August 1929 and commissioned on 10 March 1930. [2]