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Scirocco

Scirocco

Sunk

Regia Marina (Italy)

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

At Second Sirte; foundered in the storm on the way home.

The Regia Marina ship Scirocco (SC) of Maestrale-class destroyer in the navigable channel of Taranto. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) star shell 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
  • 2–4 × depth charge throwers
  • 56 mines
BuilderCantiere navale di Riva Trigoso
Laid down29 September 1931
Launched22 April 1934
Displacement1,640 t (1,610 long tons) (standard) 2,243 t (2,208 long tons) (full load)
Length106.7 m (350 ft 1 in)
Speed32–33 knots (59–61 km/h; 37–38 mph)
Complement190

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

Career

Launched

22 April 1934

22 March 1942

Foundered in the storm on the way home