Italian destroyer Giovanni Acerbi
Giovanni Acerbi was the second of four s built for the Italian  (Royal Navy) during World War I. Design

The ships of the Giuseppe Sirtori class were  long at the waterline and  long overall, with a beam of  and a mean draft of . They displaced  standard and up to  at full load. They had a crew of 98 officers and enlisted men. The ships were powered by two steam turbines, with steam provided by four Thornycroft water-tube boilers. The engines were rated to produce  for a top speed of , though in service they reached as high as  from around . At a more economical speed of , the ships could cruise for . Giovanni Acerbi was armed with a main battery of six  guns. Her light armament consisted of a pair of  anti-aircraft guns and two  machine guns. She was also equipped with four  torpedo tubes in two twin launchers, one on each side of the ship. The ship also carried ten naval mines. Service history
Giovanni Acerbi was built at the  shipyard in Sestri Ponente, and was launched on 14 February 1917. The ship was sunk by British aircraft on 4 April 1941 in the port of Massawa in Italian Eritrea. Notes

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World War I naval ships of Italy
Ships built in Italy
Ships built by Cantieri navali Odero
1917 ships
World War II torpedo boats of Italy
Maritime incidents in April 1941
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