Lanzerotto Malocello was one of a dozen s built for the Italian: [[Regia Marina]] (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she served in World War II.
The Navigatori-class destroyers were designed to counter the large French destroyers of the and es.[1] They had an overall length of 107.30NaN0, a beam of 10.2m (33.5feet) and a mean draft of 3.5m (11.5feet).[2] They displaced 1900sp=usNaNsp=us at standard load, and 2580t at deep load. Their complement during wartime was 222–225 officers and enlisted men.
The Navigatoris were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by four Odero-Terni-Orlando water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 55000shp and a speed of 32kn in service, although the ships reached speeds of 38- during their sea trials while lightly loaded.[3] They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 3800nmi at a speed of .[4]
Their main battery consisted of six 120sp=usNaNsp=us guns in three twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the third amidships.[5] Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the Navigatori-class ships was provided by a pair of 40mm AA guns in single mounts abreast the forward funnel and a pair of twin-gun mounts for 13.2mm machine guns. They were equipped with six 533mm torpedo tubes in two triple mounts amidships. The Navigatoris could carry 86–104 mines.[3]
Lanzerotto Malocello was laid down by Gio. Ansaldo & C. at their Genoa-Sestri Ponente shipyard on 30 August 1927, launched on 14 March 1929 and commissioned on 18 January 1930.[2]
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