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Italian destroyer Giovanni da VerrazzanoKingdom of Italy
NameGiovanni da Verazzano
NamesakeGiovanni da Verazzano
BuilderCantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume
Laid down17 August 1927
Launched15 December 1928
Completed25 September 1930
FateSunk by torpedo, 19 October 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeNavigatori-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard)
  • 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load)
Length107.3 m (352 ft)
Beam10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 4 Yarrow boilers
  • 55,000 hp (41,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Range3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (designed)
Complement222–225 (wartime)
Armament
  • 3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 86–104 mines

Giovanni da Verazzano was one of a dozen Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she served in World War II.

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