Italian destroyer Antonio Pigafetta
Antonio Pigafetta | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Antonio Pigafetta |
| Namesake | Antonio Pigafetta |
| Builder | Cantieri navali del Quarnaro, Fiume |
| Laid down | 29 December 1928 |
| Launched | 10 November 1929 |
| Completed | 1 May 1931 |
| Fate | Captured by the Germans, 9 September 1943 |
| Nazi Germany | |
| Name | TA44 |
| Acquired | September 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk by Allied aircraft, 17 February 1945 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Navigatori-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 107.3 m (352 ft) |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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| 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) (designed) |
| Complement | 222–225 (wartime) |
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Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian destroyer, and one of a dozen Navigatori-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the late 1920s. Completed in 1931, she served in World War II. She was captured by German forces, but was later sunk by Allied aircraft in 1945.