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Cesare Battisti

Cesare Battisti

Scuttled

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeDestroyer
ClassSauro
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4.7″ guns in 2 twin mounts

Broke down on the way to raid Port Sudan and was scuttled on the Arabian coast on 3 April 1941.

The destroyer Cesare Battisti (BT) in the official photo of the Regia Marina. Photo: unattributed, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 52 mines
BuilderOdero-Terni-Orlando, Sestri Ponente
Laid down9 February 1924
Launched11 December 1926
Displacement1,058 t (1,041 long tons) (standard) 1,600 t (1,570 long tons) (full load)
Length90.16 m (295 ft 10 in)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement154–156

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

11 December 1926

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled, 3 April 1941