Luciana-Class Destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Luciana-class destroyer |
| Builders: | Royal Shipbuilders of Cacerta |
| Operators: |
 Cacertian Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Eusebia-class |
| Succeeded by: | Elvira-class |
| In commission: | 1929 – 1941 |
| Planned: | 30 |
| Completed: | 18 |
| Cancelled: | 12 |
| Lost: | 6 |
| Retired: | 12 |
| Preserved: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
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| Length: | 112.8 meters |
| Beam: | 10.2 meters |
| Draft: | 4.8 meters |
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| Speed: | 38.3 knots (79.1 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,800 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 236 officers and crew |
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The Luciana-class was a class of eighteen destroyers built by the Cacertian Royal Navy in the 1930s. The first in a new class of fast destroyers, the Luciana-class was developed in conjunction with the Ambra-class.
During their service life, all of the Luciana-class ships were known to be plagued with significant problems which included issues with structural weaknesses, limited seaworthiness, and various mechanical problems with their machinery. Production of the Lucianas was halted after eighteen of the planned thirty ships were completed with resources instead being allocated to the more mechanically reliable successor destroyers.
Despite their severe technical issues, lessons learned from the development of the technology implemented aboard the Luciana led to the later more successful Elvira-class. Six of the destroyers were sunk during the Siduri War with remaining twelve decommissioned after its conclusion.