Audace 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| TA20 (ex-Audace) | 1349 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 10/1913 | 27.9.1916 | 3/1917 // 10.1943 | sunk 1.11.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
890 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1152 |
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Length, m |
83.9 wl 87.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
8.38 |
|
Draught, m |
2.50 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
22000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 248 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2180(15) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/35 M1914-15, 10 x 2 - 20/65 M1939, 20 mines |
|
Complement |
127 |
Project history: Laid down for the IJN as Kawakaze, during completion in 1916 transferred to Italy as Audace. In 1938 destroyer was converted to a command and control ship of the radio-controlled target ship San Marco (TTs were removed), but continued to be rated as torpedo boat. 12.9.1943 Audace was captured by German troops in Venice and commissioned by Germans 21.10.1943 as TA20.
Modernizations: late 1943: - 10 x 2 - 20/65; + 1 x 2 - 37/54 M1938, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38
Naval service: TA20 served on Adriatic. 1.11.1944 she was sunk by British escort destroyers Avon Vale and Wheatland at Pago Island.
TA20
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