Dardo 1940
TA31 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| TA31 (ex-Dardo) | Odero, Sestri Ponente, Italy | 1.1929 | 6.9.1930 | 1.1932 // 6.1944 | damaged 25.10.1944, never repaired |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1400 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2116 |
|
Length, m |
95.3 wl 96.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.75 |
|
Draught, m |
2.89 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
44000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
30 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 310 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2800(15) |
|
Armament |
2 x 2 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1926, 2 x 1 - 37/54 M1939, 3 x 2 - 20/65 M1935, 5 x 1 - 20/65 M1939, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 30 mines |
| Electronic equipment | FuMO 21 radar |
|
Complement |
195 |
Project history: Former Italian destroyer, a lead ship of of the same name class. In 1941 she has sunk at Palermo, later raised and put in repair in which course the breadth was increased on 1.2m, director was removed, German-made radar was fitted. 9.9.1943 she was captured by German troops in Genoa and after end of repair 18.6.1944 entered German service as TA31. Because of poor quality of repair torpedo boat suffered from machinery unreliability, real speed did not exceed 30kts.
Modernizations: 1944: + 2 x 1 - 37/54 M1939.
Naval service: 25.10.1944 TA31 was damaged at Genoa by American aircraft and stricken from fleet list, 24.4.1945 she was scuttled at Genoa.
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