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JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE destroyers (1942 / 1948)

Legionario 1942

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jurien de la Gravière (ex-Mitragliere) T12 170 CNR, Ancona, Italy 10.1940 28.9.1941 2.1942 // 15.7.1948 stricken 1956
Duperré (ex-Velite) T13 226 OTO, Livorno, Italy 4.1941 31.8.1941 8.1942 // 24.7.1948 stricken 1961
Duchaffault (ex-Legionario) T14 223 OTO, Livorno, Italy 10.1940 16.4.1941 3.1942 // 15.8.1948 stricken 1956

 

Displacement standard, t

1830

Displacement full, t

2460

Length, m

101.6 pp 106.7 oa

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

T12: 2 sets Beluzzo geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers

T13, 14: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

48000

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

oil 517

Endurance, nm(kts) 2200(20)

Armament

T12: 2 x 2 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1936, 1 x 1 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1940, 4 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 5 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT

T13: 2 x 2 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1936, 3 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939, 4 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 5 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT

T14: 2 x 2 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1936, 1 x 1 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1940, 2 x 1 - 37/54 Breda 1939, 4 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935, 5 x 1 - 20/65 Breda 1940, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT

Electronic equipment

T13: EC.3/ter radar, sonar

T14: FuMO 21 radar, sonar

Complement

165 - 206

Project history: Former Italian Soldati class destroyers, transferred under terms of Peace Treaty of 1948.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015