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Names |
Tirana Saranda Durrës Shëngjun |
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Builders |
SVAN, Venice, Italy: Tirana, Saranda, Durrës, Shëngjun |
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Commissioned |
1926: Tirana, Saranda, Durrës, Shëngjun 1945: 2 boats (2nd time) |
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Losses |
Tirana (1939), Saranda (1939), Durrës (1939), Shëngjun (1939) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1970s: 2 boats |
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Displacement standard, t |
46 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
24.4 |
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Breadth, m |
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Draught, m |
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No of shafts |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
450 |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 6.5/100 |
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Complement |
Project history: Patrol motor boats.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1939 all were captured by Italians, in 1943 presumably by Germans. In 1944-1945 all four were returned to Albania, two of them served under Albanian flag till 1970s.
Saranda 1936
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