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Bersagliere

CountryItaly
Ship ClassSoldati-class Destroyer
BuilderCNR Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Launched3 Jul 1938
Commissioned1 Apr 1939
Sunk7 Jan 1942
Displacement1,620 tons standard; 2,550 tons full
Length350 feet
Beam33 feet
Draft10 feet
MachineryThree Yarrow boilers, two Belluzzo or Parsons type turbines, two shafts
Power Output48,000 shaft horsepower
Speed38 knots
Range2,200nm at 20 knots
Crew206
Armament2x2x120mm guns, 1x120mm starshell gun, 12x13.2mm machine guns, 6x600mm torpedo tubes

Contributor:

ww2dbaseDestroyer Bersagliere was named after a corps in the Italian Army by the same name. She was sunk after being bombed in Palermo harbor in Sicily, Italy.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia.

Last Major Revision: Dec 2007

Bersagliere Operational Timeline

1 Apr 1939 Bersagliere was commissioned into service.




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