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Leone Pancaldo

Leone Pancaldo

Sunk

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeDestroyer
ClassNavigatori
WarSecond World War
Main guns3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns

Torpedoed by a Swordfish at Augusta in July 1940; raised and repaired. Sunk by aircraft off Cape Bon on 30 April 1943 while carrying troops to Tunisia.

The Italian destroyer Leone Pancaldo (1929-1943). Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 86–104 mines
BuilderCantieri Navali Riuniti, Riva Trigoso
Laid down7 July 1927
Launched5 February 1929
Displacement1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard) 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load)
Length107.3 m (352 ft 0 in)
Speed32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Complement222–225 (wartime)

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

5 February 1929

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by aircraft, 30 April 1943