The ''Giuseppe Sirtori'' class consisted of four
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
s built for the Italian (Royal Navy) during
World War I. All four ships saw action during the war, survived the post-war reduction in Italian naval strength, and were lost during
World War II.
Design and description
The ships were designed as slightly improved versions of the preceding . They had an
overall length of , a
beam
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Streams of particles or energy
*Light beam, or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy
**Laser beam
*Particle beam, a stream of charged or neutral particles
**Charged particle beam, a spatially localized grou ...
of and a mean
draft of . They displaced at
standard load, and at
deep load. Their crew consisted of 98 officers and enlisted men.
[Whitley, p. 179]
The ''Giuseppe Sirtori''s were powered by two
Tosi steam turbine
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s, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by four
Thornycroft boiler
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s. The turbines were rated at for a speed of , but could reach from .
[Fraccoli 1985, p. 270] The ships carried of
fuel oil
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which gave them a range of at a speed of .
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Destroyer classes
Destroyers of the Regia Marina
World War I destroyers of Italy
World War II destroyers of Italy
Ships built by Cantieri navali Odero