Los destructores clase Oriani

Vista desde babor del Oriani - Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau   

Los Oriani en la segunda Guerra Mundial

Classe Poeti

Los Oriani fueron una clase de destructores casi idéntica a los Maestrale, pero incorporaron maquinaria más potente pero sin variación de peso ni de tamaño. Se empezaron a construir en 1936, se botaron el mismo año y fueron entregados a la Regia Marina en 1937, una construcción realizada en un tiempo muy corto para los habituales cánones italianos. Recibieron el nombre de poetas italianos y fueron llamados extraoficialmente clase Poeti (Poetas).

Frente del Oriani

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Su actuación durante el conflicto estuvo dedicada a tareas de escolta de la flota. El Alfieri y el Carducci fueron perdidos en combate nocturno durante la batalla de Matapán, en Marzo de 1941, destruidos junto a los cruceros pesados de la clase Zara al ser sorprendidos a corta distancia por el fuego de cañones de 381mm del acorazado británico Barham; el Gioberti fue torpedeado y hundido por un submarino en Agosto de 1943; el Oriani se rindió en Malta con la flota en 1943, uniéndose a los Aliados hasta el fin de la guerra: Tras ella fue cedido a Francia en 1948 de acuerdo al tratado de paz, sirviendo en la Marina Francesa hasta el año 1954. 

Perfil del Oriani -Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau

Planta del Oriani - Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau

Datos técnicos:

Desplazamiento:           Standard: 1584t,  PC: 2510t Dimensiones:                Eslora:106.74m, Manga: 10,20m Maquinaria:                   2 Turbinas a engranajes, sHP: 48,000, 3 Calderas

Prestaciones:               Vel Max: 38n,  Autonomía: 2190 nm a 18n Armamento:                  4x120/50, 2x120/15 obuses Iluminantes, 8x20/65

6 x 21" tubos de torpedo, 2x lanzacargas, 56minas

Tripulación:                   183 

Nombres de la clase y códigos de casco:

Referencias:

Wikipedia Cacciatorpediniere Classe Navigatori

La storia della REGIA MARINA ITALIANA nella seconda guerra mondiale di Andrea Piccinotti Storie di Navi A.N.M.I.ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE MARINAI D'ITALIA Destroyers, frigates and corvettes. By Robert Jackson Warships of World War II Collins - Jane´s - Bernard Ireland

The Oriani in World War Two

Classe Poeti

Launched In September 1936, they were a class of four vessels that were repeats of the Maestrale class. The most important modification respect to Maestrale class was the instalation of improved macchinery of the same weight but with a increase of 4000 HP. They were used in World War Two mainly in flleet escort duties.

Launched In September 1936, they were a class of four vessels that were repeats of the Maestrale class. The most important modification respect to Maestrale class was the instalation of improved macchinery of the same weight but with a increase of 4000 HP. They were used in World War Two mainly in flleet escort duties.

For the first time in the story of the Regia Marina these ships had names of poet, and in a non official way they were clasiffied as classe Poeti.

View of Oriani in 1940 Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau

The Poeti in the service of Regia Marina

All units were laid down by Odero Terni of Livorno (Leghorn) in 1936 and all were completed in 1937. The vessels in the class were the Vincenzo Gioberti, Vittorio Alfieri, Giosué Carducci and Alfredo Oriani.

El Orini visto de costado Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau

Vittorio Alfieri and Giosué Carducci were lost in the night battle of Matapan on 28 March 1941, they were destroyed by the 15in guns of the English battleships. Vincenzo Gioberti was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine Simoon on 9 August 1943. Alfredo Orianiwas surrendered at Malta in 1943. Then fought with the Allied Forces the rest of the war. She was laid down in 1948 and transferred to France , by the terms of peace treaty; served in the French Navy after the war as Ihe D'Estaing, and was laid up in 1954; she was sold and scrapped in the same year.

Technical data

Displacement: Standard: 1584 t - Full Load: 2510 t Length: 106.74 m - Width: 10,20 m Crew: 183 men Machinery: 2 Twin-shaft geared turbines - HP: 48,000 - x Boilers Max speed: 38 knots - Range: 2190 nautical miles at 18**knots 4 x 120/50 guns - 2 x 120/15 Iluminanti - 8 x 20/65 AA MGs - 6 x 21" torpedo tubes - 2 x Lanciabombe laterali - 56 Mines

Perfil del Oriani en 1940 - Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau

Planta del Oriani Diseño en 3D de Hugo von Zeschau 

Class names and hull codes

References:

Wikipedia Cacciatorpediniere Classe Navigatori La storia della REGIA MARINA ITALIANA nella seconda guerra mondiale di Andrea Piccinotti Storie di Navi A.N.M.I.ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE MARINAI D'ITALIA Destroyers, frigates and corvettes. By Robert Jackson Warships of World War II Collins - Jane´s - Bernard Ireland