Italian destroyer Tigre

History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Tigre
Namesake	Tiger
Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Sestri Ponente
Laid down	23 January 1922
Launched	7 August 1924
Completed	10 October 1924
Fate	Scuttled, 3/4 April 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Leone-class destroyer
Displacement	2,195 long tons (2,230 t) (normal); 2,289 long tons (2,326 t) (full load);
Length	113.41 m (372 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	10.36 m (34 ft)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) (mean)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers; 42,000 hp (31,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	10 officers and 194 enlisted men
Armament	4 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 76 mm (3 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 60 mines;

Tigre was one of three Leone-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1920s.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.