Italian destroyer Alvise da Mosto

	Da Mosto during World War II
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Alvise Da Mosto
Namesake	Alvise Cadamosto
Builder	Cantieri Riuniti del Quarnaro, Fiume
Laid down	22 August 1928
Launched	1 July 1929
Completed	15 March 1931
Fate	Sunk in battle, 1 December 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Navigatori-class destroyer
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard); 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load);
Length	107.3 m (352 ft)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers; 55,000 hp (41,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (designed)
Complement	222–225 (wartime)
Armament	3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 86–104 mines;
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 15
Operations:	Battle of the Mediterranean

Alvise Da Mosto was one of twelve Navigatori-class destroyers, built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) between the late 1920s and the early 1930s. During World War II, she participated in several minelaying missions in the Sicilian Channel and escorted convoys between Italy and Libya until her sinking by the British Force K.

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