Italian destroyer Camicia Nera

History
Kingdom of Italy
NameCamicia Nera
NamesakeBlackshirt
BuilderO.T.O, Livorno
Laid down21 January 1937
Launched8 August 1937
Completed30 April 1938
RenamedArtigliere, 30 July 1943
Stricken23 January 1949
FateCeded to the Soviet Union as war reparation, February 1, 1950
Soviet Union
NameLyogkyy
AcquiredFebruary 1, 1950
StrickenNovember 1954
FateExpended as target 1954
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeSoldati-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 106.7 m (350 ft 1 in) (o/a)
  • 101.6 m (333 ft 4 in) (p/p)
Beam10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught3.15–4.3 m (10 ft 4 in – 14 ft 1 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed34–35 knots (63–65 km/h; 39–40 mph)
Range2,340 nmi (4,330 km; 2,690 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement206
Armament

Camicia Nera was one of nineteen Soldati-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in 1938, she was the first ship of the first batch of a dozen ships to enter service. In July 1943, due to the fall of the Fascist regime she was renamed Artigliere, a name formerly held by a sister ship that had been sunk 3 years earlier. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy as a war reparation in 1950, renamed Lyogkyy, and expended as a target in 1954.