Italian destroyer Lanzerotto Malocello

History
Kingdom of Italy
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Namesake	[[]]
Laid down	1927
Launched	1928
Completed	1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) (standard) 2,580 long tons (2,621 t) (full load)
Length	107.28 m (352 ft)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 55,000 hp (41,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	32 knots (59.3 km/h; 36.8 mph)
Range	3,800 nmi (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	222–225 (wartime)
Armament	3 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 4 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 86–104 mines

Lanzerotto Malocello was one of a dozen Template:Sclass2-s built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she served in World War II.

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