Italian destroyer Euro (1927)

Italian destroyer Euro was a built for the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during late 1920s. She was named after Euro, weak winter easterly wind bringing rain and storms to the Mediterranean.

Description and Construction
warships were built in 1927-1928 and contained characteristics that can be described as transitional between the ships of the post-World War I period and those built in 1930s. Compared to both of their predecessors, and  vessels, their hull was elongated to accommodate a more powerful propulsion system to gain about 10% more power and increase their speed by 1 knot. Additional side tanks were added which increased fuel stowage to 446 tons of fuel oil.

Euro like all other Turbine-class boats had a significant overload: their design standard displacement was 1092 LT but in practice it was around 1220 LT. Her deep load was 1670 LT as designed, and ended up being 1715 LT as built. The ship had an overall length of 307.5 ft, a beam of 30.5 ft and a draught of 10.75 ft. She was powered by 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 40000 shp and gave a maximum speed of 36 kn. During the trials the contract speed was exceeded, Euro was clocked at 38.9 kn during trials, but at full load the vessel could reach no more than 33 kn. Steam for the turbines was provided by three Thornycroft 3-drum boilers. Euro carried a maximum of 446 LT of fuel oil that gave her a range of 3800 nmi at 20 kn.

The ship mounted four 45-calibre 120 mm guns in twin mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defense, three 40 mm/39 pom-pom cannons in single mounts were deployed at the time of launching. In early 1930s one of the 40 mm/39 pom-pom guns was removed, and a single mount twin 13.2 mm machine guns were installed. She was fitted with two above-water triple 533 mm torpedo tube mounts, and could also carry 52 mines.

Euro was built at the CNT shipyard in Riva Trigoso. She was laid down on 24 January 1925 and launched on 7 July 1927. The ship was completed on 22 December 1927 and after sea trials officially entered the service with Regia Marina.

Service
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