Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo (1925)

	Francesco Nullo
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Francesco Nullo
Namesake	Francesco Nullo
Builder	Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume
Laid down	9 October 1924
Launched	14 November 1925
Completed	15 April 1927
Fate	Destroyed by aircraft, 21 October 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Sauro-class destroyer
Displacement	1,058 t (1,041 long tons) (standard); 1,600 t (1,570 long tons) (full load);
Length	90.16 m (295 ft 10 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	154–156
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns; 2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 52 mines;

Francesco Nullo was one of four Sauro-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1920s. Completed in 1927, she served in World War II.

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