La Masa-class destroyer

*La Masa* Class
	Angelo Bassini in 1923
Class overview
Name	La Masa class
Builders	Odero, Sestri Ponente
Operators	Regia Marina; Italian Navy;
Preceded by	Giuseppe Sirtori class
Succeeded by	Palestro class
Built	1917–1919
In service	1917–1958
Completed	8
Lost	6
Retired	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	851 long tons (865 t) (full load); 785 long tons (798 t) (standard);
Length	72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) (length at the waterline)
Beam	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power	15,500 shp (11,600 kW); max 17,000 shp (13,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Tosi steam turbines; 4 × Thornycroft boilers;
Speed	33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph)
Range	2,230 nmi (4,130 km; 2,570 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) ; 410 nmi (760 km; 470 mi) at 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph);
Complement	4 officers, 74 NCOs and sailors
Armament	4 × 102 mm (4 in)/45 guns; 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in)/40 AA; 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes; 10 mines;

The La Masa class was a class of eight destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) constructed during the First World War. Like other obsolete Italian destroyers, they were reclassified as torpedo boats in 1929, and seven ships served throughout the Second World War. Two ships were sunk in air attacks while in Italian service during the Second World War, one was sunk by a mine, two more were scuttled. The remaining two ships survived the war and continued to serve in the post-war Marina Militare, being decommissioned in 1957–1958.

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