User:Ryan Vesey/La Masa class destroyer

Class overview
Operators Regia Marina
Preceded bySirtori-class destroyer
Succeeded byGenerali-class destroyer
Completed8
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement785 tons[clarification needed (which measurement system)]
Length73.51 m (241 ft 2 in)
Beam7.54 m (24 ft 9 in)
Draft3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range2230 miles[clarification needed nautical or normal] at 30 knots
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
6 4-inch guns
4 17.7 inch torpedo tubes
2 40mm AA guns
2 6.5mm machine guns
10 mines

The La Masa-class destroyer (also called the Giuseppe La Masa-class destroyer) was a class of destroyers of the Regia Marina. The class was renamed as the Cosenz class torpedo boat in 1929.[citation needed]

The La Masa class was one of three regular destroyer classes built in World War I after 1915.[1] Italy built 3 more classes of flotilla leaders.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Eric W. Osborne (2005). Destroyers: An Illustrated History Of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-1-85109-479-0. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Italy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).