Guichen 1948
Châteaurenault 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Châteaurenault (ex-Attilio Regolo) | 1954- D606 | OTO, Livorno, Italy | 28.9.1939 | 28.8.1940 | 14.5.1942 // 8.1948 | stricken 1962 | |
| Guichen (ex-Scipione Africano) | 1954- D607 | OTO, Livorno, Italy | 28.9.1939 | 12.1.1941 | 23.4.1943 // 8.1948 | stricken 1961 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
3686 |
|
Displacement full, t |
5334 |
|
Length, m |
138.7 pp 142.9 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
14.4 |
|
Draught, m |
4.90 mean deep |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Beluzzo geared steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
110000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
40 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1387 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(25) |
|
Armour, mm |
turrets: 20, bridge: 15 |
|
Armament |
4 x 2 - 135/45 OTO/Ansaldo 1938, 8 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939, 4 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 2 x 4 - 533 TT (12), 2 DCT, 2 DCR (24), 114 - 136 mines |
| Electronic equipment | EC.3 radar |
|
Complement |
418 |
Project history: Former Italian light cruisers of Capitani Romani class, acquired under the Peace Treaty of 1948.
Ship protection: Turrets had 20mm faces, 6mm sides and rears. Bridge had 15mm protection.
Modernizations: (1951-1954), both: were reconstructed with 3 x 2 - 105/65 SK C/33, 5 x 2 - 57/60 Mod 1951, 4 x 3 - 550 TT, DRBV-20A, DRBV-11, DRBC-11, 2x DRBC-30 radars
late 1950s, both: - 1 x 2 - 105/65 (aft), 2 x 3 - 550 TT
Naval service: Both were reclassified as destroyers in 1954 and fitted out in the late 1950s as command ships and flotilla leaders.
Châteaurenault 1961
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