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The Sella-class destroyers were a group of four destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1920s. Two of these ships fought in World War II and both were sunk after the Italian capitulation to the Allies. The two other ships were sold to the Swedish Navy in 1940 and were scrapped in the late 1940s.

Sella at anchor
Class overview
BuildersPattison, Naples
Operators
  •  Regia Marina
  •  Swedish Navy
Built1923–1927
In commission19261940s
Completed4
Lost2
Scrapped2
General characteristics (as built)
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 970 t (950 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,480 t (1,460 long tons) (full load)
Length84.9 m (278 ft 7 in)
Beam8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draught2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power
  • 3 Thornycroft boilers
  • 36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement152–153
Armament
  • 1 × twin, 1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
  • 2 × twin 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 32 mines

These ships formed the basis for most subsequent destroyers built by the Italians, but were disappointing in service with unreliable machinery.


Design and description


The Sella-class destroyers were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding Palestro and Curtatone classs.[1] They had an overall length of 84.9 meters (278 ft 7 in), a beam of 8.6 meters (28 ft 3 in) and a draft of 2.7 meters (8 ft 10 in). They displaced 970 metric tons (950 long tons) at standard load, and 1,480 metric tons (1,460 long tons) at deep load. Their complement was 8–9 officers and 144 enlisted men.[2]

The Sellas were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by three Yarrow boilers. The turbines were rated at 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) for a speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) in service,[1] although the ships reached speeds in excess of 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) during their sea trials while lightly loaded.[3] They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).[4]

Their main battery consisted of three 120-millimeter (4.7 in) guns in one twin-gun turret aft of the superstructure and one single-gun turret forward of it.[2] Anti-aircraft (AA) defense for the Sella-class ships was provided by a pair of 40-millimeter (1.6 in) AA guns in single mounts amidships and a pair of 13.2-millimeter (0.52 in) machine guns. They were equipped with four 533-millimeter (21 in) torpedo tubes in two twin mounts amidships.[1] The Sellas could also carry 32 mines.[2]


Ships


Construction data
Ship name Namesake Builder Completed Fate
Francesco Crispi Francesco Crispi Pattison 29 April 1927 Seized by the Germans after the Italian Armistice, September 1943; served as TA15, sunk by air attack in the Aegean Sea, 8 March 1944
Quintino Sella Quintino Sella Pattison 25 March 1926 Sunk by German E-boats in the Adriatic Sea, 11 September 1943
Bettino Ricasoli Bettino Ricasoli Pattison 11 December 1926 Sold to the Swedish Navy as HSwMS Puke
Giovanni Nicotera Giovanni Nicotera Pattison 8 January 1927 Sold to the Swedish Navy as the HSwMS Psilander

Service history


During the war, the destroyers were based at the island of Leros, in the Dodecanese. They took part in the Italian retaking of Kastelorizo (named Operation Abstention by the British) on 27 February 1941, and were used as mother ships for the successful attack by explosive motor boats on HMS York on 25 March. Crispi led the landing of an Italian division on Sitia, Crete, on 28 May 1941, in the course of the battle of Crete.


Notes


  1. Roberts, p. 298
  2. Fraccaroli, p. 43
  3. McMurtrie, p. 281
  4. Whitley, p. 159

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[ru] Эскадренные миноносцы типа «Селла»

Эскадренные миноносцы типа «Се́лла» — тип эскадренных миноносцев Королевского итальянского флота, построенных в середине 1920-х годов. Являлись развитием миноносцев типа «Куртатоне».



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