Leone class destroyer

Leone class destroyer

The "Leone" class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the early 1920s. Five ships were planned and three completed. All three ships were based at Massawa, Eritrea during World War II and were sunk during the East African Campaign.

Design

These ships were large, fast and well armed. They were initially ordered in 1917, but postponed due to steel shortages, and re-ordered in 1920. The gun armament comprised four twin convert|4.7|in|mm|sing=on guns in powered turrets on the centre line. Initially they were rated as Scouts but were re-rated as destroyers in the 1930s. The ships were modernised for colonial service in 1936 and transferred to the Red Sea.

hips

Two more ships "Lince" and "Leopardo" were cancelled in 1920 or 1921.

References

*cite book|first=M.H.|last=Whitley|title=Destroyers of World War 2|year=1988|publisher=Cassell Publishing|id=ISBN 1-85409-521-8


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