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Zeffiro

Zeffiro

Survived

Regia Marina (Italy)

TypeDestroyer
WarItalo-Turkish War
Main guns5 × QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt 57 mm/43 guns

Fought off Preveza and Gomenitsa.

Il cacciatorpediniere Zeffiro all'ormeggio nel Golfo della Spezia. Photo: Sconosciuto cartolina Edizioni Pucci, La Spezia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

  • 5 × QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt 57 mm/43 guns
  • 3 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 356 mm (14 in) bow torpedo tube

1910

  • 4 × Cannon 76/40 (3 in) Model 1916 guns
  • 2 x 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Post-World War I

  • 3 × Cannon 76/40 (3 in) Model 1916 guns
  • 1 × Colt Browning 65-mm/80 machine gun
BuilderCantiere Pattison, Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Launched14 May 1904
CommissionedApril 1905
Displacement325 long tons (330 t) normal 380 long tons (390 t) full load
Length63.39 m (208 ft 0 in) pp 64.00 m (210 ft 0 in) oa
SpeedAs built: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) Post-World War I: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement55

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

Career

Launched

14 May 1904

29–30 September 1911

Fate

Survived

Discarded 13 March 1924

Scrapped