Italian destroyer Euro (1900)

History
Kingdom of Italy
NameEuro
NamesakeClassical name for the sirocco, a Mediterranean wind
BuilderSchichau-Werke, Elbing, Germany
Laid down9 January 1900
Launched27 August 1900
Completed11 October 1901
CommissionedOctober 1901
ReclassifiedTorpedo boat July 1921
RenamedStrale September 1924
NamesakeJavelin
Stricken13 November 1924
FateDiscarded and 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
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

Euro (a classical name for the sirocco) 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. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1921 and then used as a target ship, she was renamed Strale in September 1924 and stricken in November 1924.