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The ''Lampo'' class was a class of six destroyers of the Italian ''Regia Marina'' (Royal Navy) built by the German Schichau shipyard from 1899–1901. They served in the Italo-Turkish War (where one was lost) and the surviving ships in the First World War, before being disposed of between 1920 and 1924. ==Design== In 1899, the Italian Navy ordered six destroyers from the German shipyard Schichau-Werke of Elbing, Prussia (now Elbląg in Poland). The design was typical for Schichau-designed destroyers of the period, with a raised turtleback forecastle, a ram bow and two funnels.〔''Purnell's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons and Warfare'', p. 1616.〕 The ships were long between perpendiculars and overall, with a beam of and a draught of .〔 Displacement was normal and full load.〔〔 They were powered by two triple expansion steam engines fed by four Thornycroft water-tube boilers which were rated at driving two shafts to give a design speed of .〔〔 Sufficient coal was carried to give an endurance of at or at .〔〔 Gun armament varied between ships. , , and carried a single /40 calibre gun (capable of firing a shell to a range of at a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute per gun〔Fraccaroli 1970, pp. 281–282.〕) and five 57 mm/43 guns, while and carried six 57 mm guns. Torpedo armament consisted of two torpedo tubes.〔 The ships' crew consisted of 59 officers and men.〔 The six ships were laid down between 1899 and 1900 and completed between 1900 and 1902.〔 While the ships were fast, reaching speeds of over during sea trials (corresponding to a realistic sea speed of ),〔 and strong, seaworthiness was poor.〔〔〔Fraccaroli 1970, p. 56.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lampo-class destroyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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