Lampo Class Destroyer (1899)

Schichau-Werke built six "Lampo" class destroyers for the Regia Marina, delivering them 1900-01.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Lampo	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	6 May, 1899	7 Oct, 1899	23 Jun, 1900	Discarded 18 Mar, 1920
Freccia	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	1899	23 Nov, 1899	25 May, 1902	Beached 12 Oct, 1911
Dardo	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	17 Aug, 1899	7 Feb, 1900	16 Mar, 1901	Discarded 18 Mar, 1920
Strale	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	17 Nov, 1899	19 May, 1900	6 Jul, 1901	Discarded 13 Jan, 1924
Euro	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	9 Jan, 1900	27 Aug, 1900	11 Oct, 1901	Discarded 13 Nov, 1924
Ostro	Schichau-Werke, Elbing	23 Mar, 1900	9 Feb, 1901	8 Dec, 1901	Discarded 30 Sep, 1920

Design & Construction

They were noted as being strong and fast, but fared poorly in a seaway.

Armament

Guns

Strale and Ostro:

• six 57-mm/43 guns

Others:

• one 3-in/40 gun
• five 57-mm/43 guns

Torpedoes

• two 14-in torpedo tubes

See Also

• Wikipedia