Giuseppe Sirtori 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Giuseppe Sirtori | SR | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 2.1916 | 24.11.1916 | 12.1916 | wrecked 14.9.1943 | |
| Giovanni Acerbi | AC | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 2.1916 | 14.2.1917 | 2.1917 | sunk 4.4.1941 | |
| Vincenzo Giordano Orsini | OR | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 2.1916 | 23.4.1917 | 5.1917 | scuttled 8.4.1941 | |
| Francesco Stocco | ST | Odero, Sestri Ponente | 2.1916 | 5.5.1917 | 7.1917 | sunk 24.9.1943 |
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Displacement normal, t |
790 |
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Displacement full, t |
850 |
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Length, m |
72.5 wl 73.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Tosi steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15500 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(14) |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 102/35 S1914-1915, 2 x 1 - 40/39 V1915, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 10 mines |
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Complement |
84 - 85 |
Project history: Development of Pilo class with calibre of artillery increased to 102mm and twin TTs. All armament was arranged aside, out of a centre line. In 1929 they were re-rated as torpedo boats.
Modernizations: 1920, all: - 6 x 1 - 102/35; + 6 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Armstrong 1917
1942, Giuseppe Sirtori, Francesco Stocco: - 2 x 1 - 102/45; + 2 DCT
Naval service: Benedetto Cairoli was lost 10.4.1918 in Ionian sea as result of collision with sister-ship Giuseppe Carini.
Giovanni Acerbi 4.4.1941 was sunk by British aircraft at Massaua (Eritrea). Vincenzo Giordano Orsini 8.4.1941 was scuttled by crew at Massaua (Eritrea). Giuseppe Sirtori 14.9.1943 was hard damaged by German aircraft off Corfu, ran ashore and 25.9.1943 was blown up by crew. Francesco Stocco 24.9.1943 was sunk off Corfu as a result of German aircraft attack.
Giuseppe Sirtori
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