Sauro-class destroyer

Italian destroyer Sauro
Class overview
Name	Sauro class
Operators	Regis Marina
Preceded by	Sella class
Succeeded by	Turbine class
Built	1924–1927
In commission	1927–1941
Completed	4
Lost	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,058 t (1,041 long tons) (standard) 1,600 t (1,570 long tons) (full load)
Length	90.16 m (295 ft 10 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	2,600 nmi (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	154–156
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 52 mines

The Sauro class were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. They were based in the Red Sea Italian colony of Eritrea and all fought in World War II being sunk during the East African Campaign in 1941.