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bold">Commissioned</td><td>24 October 1927</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk, 20 July 1940</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics (as built)</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Turbine-class_destroyer" title="Turbine-class destroyer"><i>Turbine</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,090 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a> (1,070 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,700 t (1,670 long tons) (<a href="/wiki/Full_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Full load">full load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>93.2 m (305 ft 9 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>3 m (9 ft 10 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 <a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Thornycroft boiler">Thornycroft boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">40,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (30,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts; 2 geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>33 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (61 km/h; 38 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>3,200 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>179</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/120_mm_Italian_naval_gun#45-calibre_OTO_1926" class="mw-redirect" title="120 mm Italian naval gun">120 mm (4.7 in) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; 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(Royal Italian Navy) during the 1920s. Her name means <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nimbus#Latin" class="extiw" title="wikt:nimbus">nimbus</a>. The ship played a minor role in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> of 1936–1937, supporting the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_faction_(Spanish_Civil_War)" title="Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)">Nationalists</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_destroyer_Nembo_(1927)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Turbine</i>-class destroyers were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding <a href="/wiki/Sauro-class_destroyer" title="Sauro-class destroyer"><i>Sauro</i> class</a>. They had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 93.2 meters (306 ft), a beam of 9.2 meters (30 ft 2 in) and a mean <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> of 3 meters (9 ft 10 in).<sup id="cite_ref-w9_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They displaced 1,090 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">metric tons</a> (1,070 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a> load, and 1,700 metric tons (1,670 long tons) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. Their complement was 12 officers and 167 enlisted men.<sup id="cite_ref-f8_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Turbine</i>s were powered by two <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company">Parsons</a> geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, each driving one propeller shaft using steam supplied by three <a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Thornycroft boiler">Thornycroft boilers</a>. The turbines were rated at 40,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (30,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>) for a speed of 33 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (61 km/h; 38 mph) in service,<sup id="cite_ref-g0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although <i>Nembo</i> reached a speed of 38.4 knots (71.1 km/h; 44.2 mph) during her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a> while lightly loaded.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They carried enough <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> to give them a range of 3,200 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (5,900 km; 3,700 mi) at a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-w9_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">main battery</a> consisted of four <a href="/wiki/120_mm_Italian_naval_gun#50-calibre_Ansaldo_1926" class="mw-redirect" title="120 mm Italian naval gun">120-millimeter (4.7 in)</a> guns in two twin-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a>, one each fore and aft of the <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-f8_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft (AA) defense</a> for the <i>Turbine</i>-class ships was provided by a pair of <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">40-millimeter (1.6 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/AA_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="AA gun">AA guns</a> in single mounts <a href="/wiki/Amidships" class="mw-redirect" title="Amidships">amidships</a> and a twin-gun mount for <a href="/wiki/Breda_Model_1931_Machine_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun">13.2-millimeter (0.52 in) machine guns</a>. They were equipped with six 533-millimeter (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> in two triple mounts amidships.<sup id="cite_ref-g0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Turbine</i>s could carry 52 <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-f8_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_destroyer_Nembo_(1927)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Nembo</i> was <a href="/wiki/Laid_down" class="mw-redirect" title="Laid down">laid down</a> by <a href="/wiki/Cantiere_navale_di_Riva_Trigoso" title="Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso">Cantieri Navali del Tirreno</a> at their <a href="/wiki/Riva_Trigoso" class="mw-redirect" title="Riva Trigoso">Riva Trigoso</a> <a href="/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard">shipyard</a> on 21 January 1925, <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 27 January 1927 and completed on 14 October.<sup id="cite_ref-w9_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w9-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon entry into the service with <a href="/wiki/Regia_Marina" title="Regia Marina">Regia Marina</a> <i>Nembo</i> together with <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Turbine_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>Turbine</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Euro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Euro (1927)"><i>Euro</i></a> was assigned to the 2nd Squadron of the I Destroyer Flotilla based at <a href="/wiki/La_Spezia" title="La Spezia">La Spezia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rm1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1929 and 1932 the 2nd Destroyer Division conducted training cruises in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rm1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trentoincina.it_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trentoincina.it-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931 <i>Nembo</i> together with <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Euro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Euro (1927)"><i>Euro</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Espero_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Espero (1927)"><i>Espero</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Zeffiro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Zeffiro (1927)"><i>Zeffiro</i></a> as well as old cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Graudenz" title="SMS Graudenz"><i>Ancona</i></a> were part of II Naval Division.<sup id="cite_ref-rm2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1932, <i>Nembo</i> was among the first ships in the Italian Navy to receive a Galileo-Bergamini <a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system" title="Ship gun fire-control system">fire control system</a>, designed by then-Captain <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Bergamini_(admiral)" title="Carlo Bergamini (admiral)">Carlo Bergamini</a>, commander of the 1st Destroyer Squadron (consisting of <i>Nembo</i>, <i>Turbine</i>, <i>Euro</i> and <i>Aquilone</i>), of which <i>Nembo</i> was the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> at the time. Testing of fire control system on the 1st Squadron vessels was successful and led to the adoption of this system on a number of other Regia Marina ships.<sup id="cite_ref-aa_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aa-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aa1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aa1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934 after another reorganization <i>Nembo</i> as well as <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Turbine_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>Turbine</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Euro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Euro (1927)"><i>Euro</i></a> were again reunited, now forming the 8th Destroyer Squadron, part of II Naval Division.<sup id="cite_ref-rm3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1934 together with <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Turbine_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>Turbine</i></a> she was temporarily deployed to Red Sea to conduct training in tropical climate.<sup id="cite_ref-trentoincina.it_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trentoincina.it-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1936 and 1938, <i>Nembo</i> participated in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>, interdicting the delivery of supplies for the Spanish Republican forces by sea .<sup id="cite_ref-trentoincina.it_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trentoincina.it-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_destroyer_Nembo_(1927)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Italy</a> entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <i>Nembo</i> together with <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Euro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Euro (1927)"><i>Euro</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Turbine_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>Turbine</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a> formed 1st Destroyer Squadron based in <a href="/wiki/Tobruk" title="Tobruk">Tobruk</a>. Initially, she was assigned escort and anti-submarine duties. </p><p>On June 6, 1940, in preparation for hostilities, the ships of 1st Destroyer Squadron together with minelayer <i>Bartletta</i> laid fourteen minefields (540 mines) around <a href="/wiki/Tobruk" title="Tobruk">Tobruk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bertke2_0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bertke2_0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an air reconnaissance revealed large number of ships present in Tobruk harbor, including several destroyers, British command ordered an air attack on <a href="/wiki/Tobruk" title="Tobruk">Tobruk</a> on June 12. The air strike was carried out by <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Blenheims</a> from <a href="/wiki/No._45_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 45 Squadron RAF">45</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._55_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 55 Squadron RAF">55</a>, <a href="/wiki/No._113_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 113 Squadron RAF">113</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._211_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 211 Squadron RAF">211</a> Squadrons in the early morning hours of June 12. British bombers were intercepted by <a href="/wiki/Fiat_CR.32" title="Fiat CR.32">CR.32s</a> from 92nd, 93rd and 94th Squadriglias, forcing some bombers to turn away, or drop their bombs prematurely. Several bombers managed to get through and bombed the harbor between 04:52 and 05:02 causing only negligible damage.<sup id="cite_ref-hg_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response the Italian command ordered a bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Sollum" class="mw-redirect" title="Sollum">Sollum</a>. The raid was carried out both by <a href="/wiki/Regia_Aeronautica" title="Regia Aeronautica">Regia Aeronautica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regia_Marina" title="Regia Marina">Regia Marina</a>, with twelve <a href="/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_SM.79" class="mw-redirect" title="Savoia-Marchetti SM.79">SM.79</a> bombers dropping bombs in the early morning of June 15, while destroyers <i>Nembo</i>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Turbine_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>Turbine</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a> shelled the town from 03:49 to 04:05, firing 220 shells of their main caliber, but dealing negligible damage to the installations due to thick fog present at the time of attack.<sup id="cite_ref-hg1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oh1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oh1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oo_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oo-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Sollum" class="mw-redirect" title="Sollum">Sollum</a> was performed between 05:35 and 06:18 on June 26 by the same destroyer group "with considerable effectiveness" expending 541 shells in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-oh1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oh1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cn_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cn-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 5, 1940 there were seven <a href="/wiki/Turbine-class_destroyer" title="Turbine-class destroyer"><i>Turbine</i>-class</a> destroyers berthed in Tobruk harbor, including <i>Nembo</i>, together with four torpedo boats, six freighters and several auxiliary vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-hg3a_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3a-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 10:00 to 11:15 a <a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Short Sunderland</a> reconnaissance plane overflew the harbor at an altitude of 1,500-2,000 meters and despite the anti-aircraft fire opened against it, confirmed the presence of numerous ships in the harbor. In the late afternoon a group of nine <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> torpedo bombers of <a href="/wiki/813_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="813 Naval Air Squadron">813 Naval Air Squadron</a> took off from the airfield in <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Barrani" title="Sidi Barrani">Sidi Barrani</a> and headed towards Tobruk.<sup id="cite_ref-db_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air alarm was sounded at 20:06 but the Italians failed to detect the Allied aircraft until they were already over the harbor at 20:20.<sup id="cite_ref-hg3a_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3a-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Destroyers had most of their personnel on board steamers <i>Liguria</i> and <i>Sabbia</i> with exception of dedicated air defense crews.<sup id="cite_ref-pm_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pm-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The attack commenced a few minutes later, and lasted only seven minutes and resulted in five Italian ships being sunk or damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-hg3a_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3a-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not encountering any aerial opposition, British torpedo bombers attacked from low altitude (around 100 feet), and released their torpedoes from 400–500 meters away, almost point-blank.<sup id="cite_ref-pm_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pm-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Zeffiro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Zeffiro (1927)"><i>Zeffiro</i></a> was attacked first by a plane piloted by Nicholas Kennedy, whose torpedo hit the destroyer in the bow, around the ammunition depot, between the bridge and a 120 mm cannon.<sup id="cite_ref-pm_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pm-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The explosion broke the ship into two and sank it half an hour later. Freighter <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Manzoni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Manzoni (page does not exist)"><i>Manzoni</i></a> was also hit, capsized and sank, while <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Euro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Euro (1927)"><i>Euro</i></a> and steamer <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Serenitas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Serenitas (page does not exist)"><i>Serenitas</i></a> were hit, and had to be beached, and the ocean liner <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Liguria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Liguria (page does not exist)"><i>Liguria</i></a> was hit and damaged. Two planes also attacked other destroyers, including <i>Nembo</i>, but failed to launch their torpedoes due to intense anti-aircraft fire.<sup id="cite_ref-db_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The air alarm was canceled at 21:31, and by that time all nine British planes were far away. </p><p>On 19 July 1940 British command, believing that the light cruiser <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Giovanni_delle_Bande_Nere" title="Italian cruiser Giovanni delle Bande Nere"><i>Giovanni delle Bande Nere</i></a>, damaged during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spada" title="Battle of Cape Spada">Battle of Cape Spada</a>, had taken refuge in Tobruk, decided to launch a new bomber attack against the base.<sup id="cite_ref-hg3_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nembo</i> along with <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Aquilone_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Aquilone (1927)"><i>Aquilone</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Ostro_(1928)" title="Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)"><i>Ostro</i></a> were berthed at the same location as during the July 5 raid. Most personnel was on board steamers <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Liguria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Liguria (page does not exist)"><i>Liguria</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Sabbia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Sabbia (page does not exist)"><i>Sabbia</i></a> with exception of dedicated air defense crews. Around 17:00 twelve <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Blenheim" title="Bristol Blenheim">Bristol Blenheim</a> bombers from <a href="/wiki/No._55_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 55 Squadron RAF">55 Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._211_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 211 Squadron RAF">211 Squadron</a> RAF bombed the northern part of the harbor, slightly damaging an anti-aircraft battery and the port's facilities, and losing one aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hg3_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 18:56 a seaplane from the <a href="/wiki/700_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="700 Naval Air Squadron">700 Naval Air Squadron</a> launched by the British battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warspite_(03)" title="HMS Warspite (03)"><i>Warspite</i></a> appeared to investigate results of the bombing. The seaplane was immediately targeted by anti-aircraft batteries, and shot down.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hg3_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 21:54 Tobruk was put on alert again after receiving reports from the Bardia and Sidi Belafarid advanced listening stations. Around 22:30 six <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> torpedo bombers from the <a href="/wiki/824_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="824 Naval Air Squadron">824 Naval Air Squadron</a> <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">FAA</a> appeared in the skies above Tobruk harbor and were met with strong anti-aircraft fire. This forced the planes to make several passes over the area trying to avoid the fire, and also to acquire the targets, the situation exacerbated by a fairly cloudy night.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British finally managed to sort out their objectives by about 01:30 on July 20 and assumed attack formation at low altitude. At 01:32 steamer <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Sereno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Sereno (page does not exist)"><i>Sereno</i></a> was struck in the stern by a torpedo, launched from a plane, piloted by squadron commander F.S. Quarry, causing her to slowly sink.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 01:34 <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Ostro_(1928)" title="Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)"><i>Ostro</i></a> was hit in her stern ammunition depot by a torpedo launched from another plane, causing the ship to go ablaze and sink ten minutes later.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nembo</i> was hit by a torpedo at 01:37 and sank 8 minutes later with 25 of her crew being killed and four wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-rm4_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm4-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The British lost one plane in the attack which crash-landed on the way back in the Italian controlled territory.<sup id="cite_ref-hg3_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hg3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The guns from both <i>Nembo</i> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Ostro_(1928)" title="Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)"><i>Ostro</i></a> were later removed and used by Italians to reinforce defenses of <a href="/wiki/Bardia" title="Bardia">Bardia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_destroyer_Nembo_(1927)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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destroyer Turbine (1927)"><i>TA14</i></a> (ex-<i>Turbine</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Sauro-class_destroyer" title="Sauro-class destroyer"><i>Sauro</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Navigatori-class_destroyer" title="Navigatori-class destroyer">Navigatori class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyers_of_Italy" title="List of destroyers of Italy">List of destroyers of Italy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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title="French battleship Bretagne"><i>Bretagne</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Mistral" title="French destroyer Mistral"><i>Mistral</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Mogador" title="French destroyer Mogador"><i>Mogador</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Provence" title="French battleship Provence"><i>Provence</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jul: <a href="/wiki/French_aviso_Rigault_de_Genouilly" title="French aviso Rigault de Genouilly"><i>Rigault de Genouilly</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Foylebank" title="HMS Foylebank">HMS <i>Foylebank</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Whirlwind_(D30)" title="HMS Whirlwind (D30)">HMS <i>Whirlwind</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Zeffiro_(1927)" title="Italian destroyer Zeffiro (1927)"><i>Zeffiro</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Jul: <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque" title="French battleship Dunkerque"><i>Dunkerque</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Shark_(54S)" title="HMS Shark (54S)">HMS <i>Shark</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Bruges" title="SS Bruges"><i>Bruges</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Salmon_(N65)" title="HMS Salmon (N65)">HMS <i>Salmon</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Leone_Pancaldo" title="Italian destroyer Leone Pancaldo"><i>Leone Pancaldo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Mari_Chandris" title="SS Mari Chandris"><i>Mari Chandris</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bagdad" title="City of Bagdad">City of Bagdad</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Escort_(H66)" title="HMS Escort (H66)">HMS <i>Escort</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1917)" title="HMS Warrior (1917)">HMS <i>Warrior</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Frossoula" title="SS Frossoula"><i>Frossoula</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Imogen_(D44)" title="HMS Imogen (D44)">HMS <i>Imogen</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoenix_(N96)" title="HMS Phoenix (N96)">HMS <i>Phoenix</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Bartolomeo_Colleoni" title="Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni"><i>Bartolomeo Colleoni</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jul: <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Nembo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Ostro_(1928)" title="Italian destroyer Ostro (1928)"><i>Ostro</i></a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Brazen_(H80)" title="HMS Brazen (H80)">HMS <i>Brazen</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Narwhal_(N45)" title="HMS Narwhal (N45)">HMS <i>Narwhal</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thames_(N71)" title="HMS Thames (N71)">HMS <i>Thames</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Codrington" title="HMS Codrington">HMS <i>Codrington</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Wren_(D88)" title="HMS Wren (D88)">HMS <i>Wren</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Delight_(H38)" title="HMS Delight (H38)">HMS <i>Delight</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">3 Jul: <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Courbet_(1911)" title="French battleship Courbet (1911)"><i>Courbet</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Dunkerque" title="French battleship Dunkerque"><i>Dunkerque</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_sloop_La_Capricieuse" title="French sloop La Capricieuse"><i>La Capricieuse</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_L%C3%A9opard" title="French destroyer Léopard"><i>Léopard</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Paris" title="French battleship Paris"><i>Paris</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Surcouf" title="French submarine Surcouf"><i>Surcouf</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Le_Triomphant" title="French destroyer Le Triomphant"><i>Le Triomphant</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canadian_Constructor" title="SS Canadian Constructor">Argos Hill</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_British_Corporal" title="SS British Corporal"><i>British Corporal</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Melita" title="SS Melita">Liguria</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Foxglove" title="HMS Foxglove">HMS <i>Foxglove</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jul: HMS <a href="/wiki/RMS_Corfu" title="RMS Corfu"><i>Corfu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)">HMS <i>Hermes</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glasgow_(C21)" title="HMS Glasgow 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