TA44 1944
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| TA44 (ex-Antonio Pigafetta) | CNQ, Fiume, Italy | 12.1928 | 10.11.1929 | 5.1931 // 10.1944 | sunk 17.2.1945 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2129 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2975 |
|
Length, m |
107.0 wl 109.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
|
Draught, m |
3.31 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Belluzzo geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
50000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
32 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 405 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2130(16) |
|
Armament |
3 x 2 - 120/50 Ansaldo 1926, 2 x 1 - 37/54 M1939, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 5 x 1 - 20/65 M1939, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 52 mines |
| Electronic equipment | FuMO 21 radar, hydrophone |
|
Complement |
170 |
Project history: Former Italian destroyer Antonio Pigafetta of Navigatori class. 11.9.1943 she was captured by German troops at Fiume and 14.10.1944 commissioned as TA44.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: TA44 was lost 17.2.1945 at raid of British aircraft to Trieste.
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