La Masa-class destroyer

La Masa Class
Angelo Bassini in 1923
Class overview
NameLa Masa class
BuildersOdero, Sestri Ponente
Operators
Preceded byGiuseppe Sirtori class
Succeeded byPalestro class
Built1917–1919
In service1917–1958
Completed8
Lost6
Retired2
General characteristics (as built)
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
Length72.5 m (237 ft 10 in) (length at the waterline)
Beam7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power
  • 15,500 shp (11,600 kW)
  • max 17,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed33.6 knots (62.2 km/h; 38.7 mph)
Range
  • 2,230 nmi (4,130 km; 2,570 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
  • 410 nmi (760 km; 470 mi) at 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement4 officers, 74 NCOs and sailors
Armament

The La Masa class was a class of eight destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) constructed during the First World War, during which one ship was lost in a collision. Like other obsolete Italian destroyers, the seven surviving ships were reclassified as torpedo boats in 1929, and served during Second World War. Two ships were sunk in air attacks while in Italian service during the Second World War, one was sunk by a mine, and two more were scuttled. The remaining two ships survived the war and continued to serve in the post-war Italian Navy (Marina Militare) before being decommissioned in 1957–1958.