Italian destroyer Strale (1900)

Strale ("Javelin") was an Italian Lampo-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in 1901, she served in the Italo-Turkish War and World War I. She was stricken in 1924.

History
Kingdom of Italy
NameStrale
NamesakeJavelin
BuilderSchichau-Werke, Elbing, Germany
Laid down7 November 1899
Launched19 May 1900
Completed6 July 1901
CommissionedJuly 1901
Decommissioned1924
StrickenJanuary 1924
Fate
  • Discarded 13 January 1924
  • Scrapped
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 315 long tons (320 t) normal
  • 348 long tons (354 t) full load
Length
  • 60.00 m (196 ft 10 in) pp
  • 62.05 m (203 ft 7 in) oa
Beam6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
  • 4× Thornycroft boilers
  • 6,000 ihp (4,474 kW)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range
  • 290 nmi (540 km; 330 mi) at 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
  • 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement59
Armament
  • 1 × 76 mm (3 in)/40 gun
  • 5 × 57 mm/43
  • 2× 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes
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