Scirocco was one of four s built for the Italian: [[Regia Marina]] (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1930s. Completed in 1934, she served in World War II.
The Maestrale-class destroyers were a completely new design intended to rectify the stability problems of the preceding . They had a length between perpendiculars of 101.6m (333.3feet) and an overall length of 106.7m (350.1feet). The ships had a beam of 10.15m (33.3feet) and a mean draft of 3.31m (10.86feet)[1] and 4.3m (14.1feet) at deep load.[2] They displaced 1640sp=usNaNsp=us at standard load, and 2243t at deep load. Their complement during wartime was 190 officers and enlisted men.[3]
The Maestrales were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by a trio of three-drum boilers.[3] The turbines were designed to produce 44000shp and a speed of 32kn33kn in service, although the ships reached speeds of 38- during their sea trials while lightly loaded. They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 2600nmi2800nmi at a speed of and at a speed of .[2]
Their main battery consisted of four 120sp=usNaNsp=us guns in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure.[4] Amidships were a pair of 15-caliber 120-millimeter star shell guns. Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the Maestrale-class ships was provided by four 13.2mm machine guns. They were equipped with six 533mm torpedo tubes in two triple mounts amidships. Although the ships were not provided with a sonar system for anti-submarine work, they were fitted with a pair of depth charge throwers.[2] The Maestrales could carry 56 mines.[4]
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