Italian cruiser Falco

Plan and right elevation line drawing of the Vifor-class destroyers as completed for Italy as scout cruisers.
History
Kingdom of Romania
NameViscol
NamesakeBlizzard
OperatorRoyal Romanian Navy (planned)
Ordered1913
BuilderCantiere Pattison, Naples, Kingdom of Italy
FateRequisitioned by Kingdom of Italy 5 June 1915
Kingdom of Italy
NameFalco
NamesakeFalcon
OperatorRegia Marina (Royal Navy)
Acquired5 June 1915
Laid down19 August 1916
Launched16 August 1919
Completed20 January 1920
Commissioned20 January 1920
Fate
  • Unofficially transferred to Spanish Nationalist Navy 11 October 1937
  • Officially transferred 6 January 1939
ReclassifiedDestroyer 5 September 1938
Stricken6 January 1939
Spain
NameCeuta
NamesakeCeuta, a Spanish city on the coast of North Africa
Operator
Acquired
  • 11 October 1937 (unofficial transfer)
  • 6 January 1939 (official transfer)
Stricken1948
FateScrapped
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeVifor-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,594 long tons (1,620 t) (normal)
  • 1,760 long tons (1,790 t) (full load)
Length94.7 m (310 ft 8 in) (overall)
Beam9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draft3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement146
Armament

Falco was an Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) scout cruiser in commission from 1920 to 1937. She was laid down for the Royal Romanian Navy as the destroyer Viscol but the Kingdom of Italy requisitioned her before her construction bean. Falco was not completed until after the end of World War I, but served in the Regia Marina during the interwar period.

In 1937, Italy transferred Falco to Nationalist Spain. Reclassified as a destroyer and renamed Ceuta, she served in the Spanish Nationalist Navy during the Spanish Civil War and subsequently in the Spanish Navy. She was stricken in 1948 and scrapped.