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