Italian destroyer Francesco Nullo (1914)

Fratelli Cairoli (ex-Francesco Nullo)
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Francesco Nullo
Namesake	Francesco Nullo (1826–1863), Italian soldier and patriot
Builder	Cantiere Pattison, Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Laid down	24 September 1913
Launched	12 November 1914
Commissioned	1 May 1915
Identification	Pennant number NL
Renamed	Fratelli Cairoli 16 January 1921
Namesake	The Cairoli brothers, eight Italian patriots of the mid-19th century
Identification	Pennant number CL
Reclassified	Torpedo boat 1 October 1929
Fate	Sunk 23 December 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer
Displacement	912 tons (max) 770 tons (standard)
Length	73 m (240 ft)
Beam	7.3 m (24 ft)
Draught	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power	16,000 brake horsepower (11,931 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Tosi steam turbines 4 × Thornycroft boilers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	69–79
Armament	1915–1918: 4 × 1 Cannon 76/40 Model 1916 2 × 1 76mm/30 AA 4 × 1 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes 10 mines 1919–1921: 5 × 1 102 mm (4.0 in)/35 guns 2 × 1 – 40 mm/39 AA 2 × 1 65-millimetre (2.6 in) machine guns 4 × 1 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Francesco Nullo was an Italian Rosolino Pilo-class destroyer. Commissioned into service in the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy") in 1915, she served in World War I, participating in the Adriatic campaign. She supported Gabriele D'Annunzio′s actions in Fiume in 1920, and was renamed Fratelli Cairoli in 1921. Reclassified as a torpedo boat in 1929, she served in the Mediterranean campaign of World War II until she was sunk in 1940.