Italian destroyer Nazario Sauro

	Nazario Sauro
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Nazario Sauro
Namesake	Nazario Sauro
Builder	Odero-Terni-Orlando, Sestri Ponente
Laid down	9 February 1924
Launched	12 May 1926
Completed	23 September 1926
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 3 April 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Sauro-class destroyer
Displacement	1,058 long tons (1,075 t) (standard); 1,600 long tons (1,600 t) (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	155 (wartime)
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;

Nazario Sauro was the lead ship of her class of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1920s. Completed in 1926, she served in World War II.

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