French cruiser Châteaurenault (D 606)

	Chateaurenault, the former Attilio Regolo
History
Italy
Name	Attilio Regolo
Ordered	1937
Builder	O.T.O., Livorno
Laid down	28 September 1939
Launched	28 August 1940
Commissioned	15 May 1942
Fate	Ceded to France as war reparations, 1947
History
France
Name	Chateaurenault
Namesake	François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault
Commissioned	1948
Decommissioned	1961
Stricken	1975
Fate	Scrapped, 1979
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	3,750 long tons (3,810 t) standard; 5,420 long tons (5,510 t) full load;
Length	142.2 m (466 ft 6 in) overall
Beam	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines; 4 boilers; 110,000 hp (82,000 kW);
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)
Range	4,350 nmi (8,060 km; 5,010 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	418
Sensors and ; processing systems	Gufo radar
Armament	4 × twin 135 mm (5.3 in) guns; 4 × twin 37 mm (1.5 in) guns ; 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) guns; 2 × quadruple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 70 ×mines;

Chateaurenault (D 606) was a French Capitani Romani-class light cruiser, acquired as war reparations from Italy in 1947 which served in the French Navy from 1948 to 1961. She was named in honour of François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault. In Italian service, the ship was named Attilio Regolo after Marcus Atilius Regulus the Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC.

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