Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)

Ostro outside Taranto
History
Kingdom of Italy
Name	Ostro
Namesake	Ostro, southerly wind
Builder	Ansaldo, Genoa
Laid down	29 April 1925
Launched	2 January 1928
Sponsored by	Miss Batina Negrotto
Completed	9 June 1928
Commissioned	9 October 1928
Identification	OT
Motto	Allo sbaraglio
Fate	Sunk, 20 July 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Turbine-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 t (1,070 long tons) (standard) 1,700 t (1,670 long tons) (full load)
Length	93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)
Beam	9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	3 Thornycroft boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	179
Armament	2 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) guns 2 × single 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 1 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 52 mines

Ostro was one of eight Turbine-class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s. She was named after a southerly wind, Ostro, common in the Mediterranean and Adriatic. The ship played a minor role in the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1937, supporting the Nationalists.