Curtatone class destroyer

Class overview
Operators:	Regia Marina  Kriegsmarine
Built:	1920–1924
In commission:	1924–1951
Completed:	4
Lost:	3
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	876 long tons (890 t) standard 890 long tons (900 t) full load
Length:	84.72 m (277 ft 11 in)
Beam:	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught:	2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 shaft Zoelly steam turbines 4 Thornycroft type boilers 22,000 hp (16,400 kW)
Speed:	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range:	1,800 nmi (3,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement:	117
Armament:	• 4 × 102 mm guns (2x2) • 2 × 76 mm AA guns (2×2) • 6 × 31.2 mm machine guns • 6 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes (2×3) • 16 mines

The Curtatone class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy. They were the first destroyers to be built in Italy after the end of World War I and were the first ships of this type to use twin rather than single mountings. The ships were originally ordered at the same time as the Palestro class destroyers, but were postponed due to steel shortages. The opportunity was taken to modify the design to incorporate experience and lengthen the ships by 4.5 m. The ships were later modernized for escort duties with the twin guns being replaced by singles and the triple 450 mm torpedo tubes replaced by twin 533 mm torpedo tubes. Extra light anti-aircraft guns were also fitted and the 76 mm/40 caliber guns removed

Ships

All four ships were built by Orlando yard in Livorno

Ship	Launched	Commissioned	Service / Fate
Calatafimi	17 March 1923	24 May 1924	Captured by the Germans at Pireus on 9 September 1943 - served as TA19, sunk by Greek submarine Pipinos 19 August 1944 in the Aegean Sea
Castelfidardo	4 June 1922	7 March 1924	Captured by the Germans at Pireus on 9 September 1943 - served as TA16, sunk by allied aircraft 2 June 1944 in the Aegean
Curtatone	17 March 1922	21 June 1923	sunk by a mine near Athens on 20 May 1941
Monzambano	6 August 1923	4 June 1923	Survived the war. It was decommissioned in April 1951

References

• Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. 
• Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1906-1922