Italian destroyer Euro (1927)

	Sister ship Nembo
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Euro
Namesake	Euro, easterly wind
Builder	Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso
Laid down	24 January 1925
Launched	7 July 1927
Completed	22 December 1927
Identification	ER
Fate	Sunk, 3 October 1943
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Turbine-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 t (1,070 long tons) (standard); 1,700 t (1,670 long tons) (full load);
Length	93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	3 Thornycroft boilers ; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	179
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns ; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns ; 1 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns ; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes ; 52 mines ;

Last updated February 11, 2022

Euro was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s. She was named after Euro, weak winter easterly wind bringing rain and storms to the Mediterranean.

Design and description

The Turbine-class destroyers were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding Sauroclasss. They had an overall length of 93.2 meters (306 ft), a beam of 9.2 meters (30 ft 2 in) and a mean draft of 3 meters (9 ft 10 in).^[1] They displaced 1,090 metric tons (1,070 long tons ) at standard load, and 1,700 metric tons (1,670 long tons) at deep load. Their complement was 12 officers and 167 enlisted men.^[2]

The Turbines were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by three Thornycroft boilers. The turbines were rated at 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW ) for a speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) in service,^[3] although Euro reached a speed of 38.9 knots (72.0 km/h; 44.8 mph) during her sea trials while lightly loaded.^[4] They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 3,200 nautical miles (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).^[1]

Their main battery consisted of four 120-millimeter (4.7 in) guns in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.^[2] Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the Turbine-class ships was provided by a pair of 40-millimeter (1.6 in) AA guns in single mounts amidships and a twin-gun mount 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.^[3] The Turbines could carry 52 mines.^[2]

Construction and career

Euro was laid down by Cantieri Navali del Tirreno at their Riva Trigoso shipyard on 24 January 1925, launched on 7 July 1927 and completed on 22 December.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Whitley, p. 161
1 2 3 Fraccaroli, p. 47
1 2 Roberts, p. 299
↑ McMurtrie, p. 280

Bibliography

Brescia, Maurizio (2012). Mussolini's Navy: A Reference Guide to the Regina Marina 1930–45. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-544-8.
Fraccaroli, Aldo (1968). Italian Warships of World War II. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0002-6.
Greene, Jack & Massignani, Alessandro (1998). The Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1940–1943. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-057-4.
McMurtrie, Francis E., ed. (1937). Jane's Fighting Ships 1937. London: Sampson Low. OCLC 927896922.
O'Hara, Vincent P. (2009). Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-648-3.
Roberts, John (1980). "Italy". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 280–317. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.

External links

Euro (1927) Marina Militare website

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v t e Turbine-classdestroyers
Regia Marina	Nembo Borea Turbine Zeffiro Euro Aquilone Espero Ostro
Kriegsmarine	TA14 (ex-Turbine)
Preceded by: Sauroclass Followed by: Navigatoriclass
List of destroyers of the Regia Marina

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1943
Shipwrecks	1 Oct: Empire Commerce 3 Oct: USS Henley, HMS Usurper 4 Oct: U-279 , U-389 , U-422 , U-460 5 Oct: USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419 , U-610 , U-643 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11 Oct: HMS Hythe, Mario Roselli , USS Wahoo, Jalabala 13 Oct: USS Bristol, U-402 16 Oct: USS Moonstone, U-470 , U-533 , U-844 , U-964 17 Oct: Michel , U-540 , U-631 , U-841 19 Oct: Sinfra 20 Oct: U-378 21 Oct: HMCS Chedabucto, USS Murphy, SS Tivives, U-431 22 Oct: HMS Hurworth 23 Oct: HMS Charybdis, Taranto , U-274 24 Oct: HMS Eclipse, Mochizuki , U-566 26 Oct: James Longstreet 28 Oct: U-220 , USS YP-88 29 Oct: U-282 31 Oct: U-306 , U-584 , U-732 Unknown date: USS Dorado, HMS Trooper, U-420
Other incidents	5 Oct: Ro-40 9 Oct: HMS Carlisle, Cuxhaven 10 Oct: Mario Roselli 22 Oct: Adrias 23 Oct: James Iredell
1942 1943 1944 September 1943 November 1943

History
Sister ship Nembo
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Euro
Namesake	Euro, easterly wind
Builder	Cantieri del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso
Laid down	24 January 1925
Launched	7 July 1927
Completed	22 December 1927
Identification	ER
Fate	Sunk, 3 October 1943
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Turbine-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 t (1,070 long tons) (standard) 1,700 t (1,670 long tons) (full load)
Length	93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	3 Thornycroft boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	179
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 1 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 52 mines