Luca Tarigo

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Navigatori
War	Second World War
Main guns	3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns

Leader of a convoy to Tripoli caught by Captain Mack's destroyers off the Kerkennah Islands on 16 April 1941. Wrecked by gunfire, she still fired the torpedoes that sank HMS Mohawk before going down; every ship in the convoy was lost.

Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo photographed during the 1930s, prior to 1938 when hull identification letters were placed on the bow. Photo: Unknown, 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

Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa-Sestri Ponente
Laid down	30 August 1927
Launched	9 December 1928
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard) 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load)
Length	107.3 m (352 ft)
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Complement	222–225 (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

9 December 1928

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by gunfire, 16 April 1941