Leone-class destroyer

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Class overview
Builders	Ansaldo, Genoa
Operators	Regia Marina
Built	1921–1924
In commission	1924–1941
Planned	5
Completed	3
Cancelled	2
Lost	3
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,195 long tons (2,230 t) (normal); 2,289 long tons (2,326 t) (full load);
Length	113.41 m (372 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	10.36 m (34 ft)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) (mean)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers; 42,000 hp (31,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	10 officers and 194 enlisted men
Armament	4 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 2 × single 76 mm (3 in) AA guns; 2 × triple 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes; 60 mines;

The Leone class were a group of destroyers built for the Italian Navy in the early 1920s. Five ships were planned and three completed. All three ships were based at Massawa, Eritrea, during World War II and were sunk during the East African Campaign.

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