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Cesare Rossarol 1930

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cesare Rossarol (ex-B97)	RS		Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	1914	15.12.1914	13.2.1915 // 16.9.1920	stricken 1.1939

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1374
Displacement full, t	1843
Length, m	96.0 wl 98.0 oa
Breadth, m	9.35
Draught, m	3.87 mean deep
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Marine steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	40000
Max speed, kts	36.5
Fuel, t	oil 527
Endurance, nm(kts)	2600(14)
Armament	4 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts L/45 C/16, 2 x 2 - 500 TT, 2 x 1 - 500 TT (8), 24 mines
Complement	114

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Project history

Ex-German destroyer leader transferred by reparations, commissioned 1.12.1924.

Modernizations

1920 - 1924: - 4 x 1 - 105/42, 2 x 1 - 500 TT; + 1 x 2 - 120/45 Schneider-Canet-Armstrong 1918-19, 1 x 1 - 120/45 Schneider-Canet-Armstrong 1918, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, mine stowage increased to 29. Displacement was 1655 t (norm.) / 1756 t (full). Complement was 150.

1931: one boiler was removed; - 2 x 2 - 500 TT; + 2 x 2 - 450 TT

1932: Cesare Rossarol was armed with 1 x 2 - 120/45 Scheider-Canet-Armstrong 1918-19 only.

1935: armament consisted of 1 x 2 - 120/45 Schneider-Canet-Armstrong 1918-19, 1 x 1 - 120/45 Schneider-Canet-Armstrong 1918, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 29 mines.

Naval service

In 1932-1935 Cesare Rossarol was used as test ship.