by Mark Simmons
4 x 4.7-inch
scuttled 1943
Libeccio
1,449 tons
39 knots
4 x 4.7-inch
sunk by the British submarine HMS Upholder, 1941
Scirocco
1,449 tons
39 knots
4 x 4.7-inch
sunk in a storm, 1942
Grecale
1,449 tons
39 knots
4 x 4.7-inch
12th Destroyer Flotilla
Corazziere
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
scuttled 1943
Carabiniere
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
Ascari
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
sunk by a mine 1942
13th Destroyer Flotilla
Granatiere
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
sunk Palermo harbour 1943
Fucillere
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
sunk by USAF bombers, La Spezia 1943
Bersagliere
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
Alpino
1,620 tons
39 knots
5 x 4.7-inch
Appendix C
The Aircraft at Matapan
Type Armament crew cruising speed max speed range service
Fulmar/Fighter 8x.303 2 150 200 722 FAA
Albacore/Multi/R 2x.303 3 100 144 850 FAA
Swordfish/Multi/R 2x.303 2 90 120 465 FAA
Blenheim/Fighter/B 2x.303 3 145 234 810 RAF
C.R.42/Recon 2x12.7mm 1 132 238 470 RA
S 79/Bomber 3x12.7, 2x7.7mm 5 137 224 1,050 RA
JU 88/Fighter/B 7x7.9mm 4 171 260 1,150 Luftwaffe
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