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Lampo

Lampo

Sunk

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeDestroyer
ClassFolgore
WarSecond World War
Main guns2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns

Escort of the Tarigo convoy, wrecked and beached off the Kerkennah Islands in April 1941. Raised and repaired, she was sunk by aircraft off Cape Bon on 30 April 1943.

RM destroyer Lampo aground after action with Royal Navy destroyers of the 14th Flotilla on the early hours of 16 April 1941, when the Italian warship was escorting an Axis convoy with German troops to Tripoli. Photo: An unknown member of the Regia Aeronautica Italiana, 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 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge throwers
  • 52 mines
BuilderOfficine & Cantieri Partenopei, Naples
Laid down30 January 1930
Launched26 July 1931
Displacement1,238 t (1,218 long tons) (standard) 2,090 t (2,060 long tons) (full load)
Length96.05 m (315 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement185

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

26 July 1931