Italian destroyer Legionario
Legionario was one of nineteen s built for the Regia Marina in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Completed in early 1942, she was one of the second batch of seven ships.
Design and description
The Soldati-class destroyers were slightly improved versions of the preceding. They had a length between perpendiculars of and an overall length of. The ships had a beam of and a mean draft of and at deep load. The Soldatis displaced at normal load, and at deep load. Their wartime complement during was 206 officers and enlisted men.Legionario was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by three Yarrow boilers. Designed for a maximum output of and a speed of in service, the second batch of Soldati-class ships reached speeds of during their sea trials while lightly loaded. They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at a speed of and at a speed of.
Legionarios main battery consisted of five 50-caliber [120 mm Italian naval gun|] guns in two twin-gun turrets, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the fifth gun was mounted on a platform amidships. Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the second-batch Soldatis was provided by eight to twelve Breda Model 1935 guns. The ships were equipped with six torpedo tubes in two triple mounts amidships. Although they were not provided with a sonar system for anti-submarine work, they were fitted with one or two pairs of depth charge throwers. The ships could carry 48 mines.