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FASANA minelayer (1925/1944)

Fasana 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fasana     Cantieri di Castellamare di Stabia, Italy   24.9.1924 3.1925 // 4.1944 scuttled 2.5.1945

 

Displacement standard, t

530

Displacement full, t

705

Length, m

58.6 wl 66.3 oa

Breadth, m

9.75

Draught, m

1.90 normal load 2.00 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 FIAT diesels

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

10 (really 6)

Fuel, t

oil 20
Endurance, nm(kts) 700(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 2 - 20/65 M1935, 2 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 54 mines
Complement 66

Project history: Former Italian minelayer Fasana, captured 10.9.1943 and after repair 20.4.1944 commissioned by Kriegsmarine as minelayer under old name with old Italian armament.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Fasana was scuttled at Tagliamento 2.5.1945.

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