Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)
Ostro outside Taranto | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Italy | |
| Name | Ostro |
| Namesake | Ostro, southerly wind |
| Builder | Ansaldo, Genoa |
| Laid down | 29 April 1925 |
| Launched | 2 January 1928 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Batina Negrotto |
| Completed | 9 June 1928 |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1928 |
| Identification | OT |
| Motto | Allo sbaraglio |
| Fate | Sunk, 20 July 1940 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Turbine-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 93.2 m (305 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 179 |
| Armament |
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Ostro was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s. She was named after a southerly wind, Ostro, common in the Mediterranean and Adriatic. The ship played a minor role in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1937, supporting the Nationalists.