Palestro-class destroyer

Line drawing of a Palestro-class destroyer
Class overview
Name	Palestro class
Builders	Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Operators	Regia Marina  Kriegsmarine
Succeeded by	Generali-class destroyer
Built	1917–1923
In commission	1921–1944
Planned	8
Completed	4
Lost	4
General characteristics
Displacement	875 long tons (889 t) standard 1,076 long tons (1,093 t) full
Length	81.9 m (268 ft 8 in) o/a 80 m (262 ft 6 in) w/l
Beam	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft boilers 2 × Zoelly steam turbines 18,000 hp (13,423 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	1,970 nmi (3,650 km; 2,270 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	118
Armament	4 × Schneider-Armstrong 1917 model 102/45 mm main guns 2 × Ansaldo 76/40 mm guns 2 × 6.5/80 mm guns 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes From 10 to 38 mines

The Palestro-class were four destroyers of the Italian Regia Marina that saw service from the mid-1920s to World War II.

The ships were designed in 1915 and based on the Audace-class destroyer. Eight ships were ordered, but because of wartime shortages of materials only four were eventually completed. These four ships were laid down in 1917 at the Orlando shipyard in Livorno, but were not finally completed until 1921–1923. In 1938 they were re-rated as torpedo boats.

The design was subsequently enlarged into the Sella-class destroyers, a design that was developed into a series of medium-sized Italian destroyer classes.^[1]