Insidioso 1941
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| TA21 Wildfang (ex-Insidioso) | Pattison, Naples, Italy | 7/1912 | 30.9.1913 | 7/1914 // 11.1943 | sunk 5.11.1944 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
758 |
|
Displacement full, t |
890 |
|
Length, m |
72.5 wl 73.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
7.32 |
|
Draught, m |
2.33 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Tosi steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
12000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
24 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 128 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1700(15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 S-A M1917, 2 x 2 - 20/65 M1939, 1 x 2 - 533 TT |
|
Complement |
130 |
Project history: Former outdated Italian torpedo boat of Indomito class, the first class of Italian "Three-funnel" turbine-driven destroyers. She was stricken in 1938, but in 1941 commissioned again after modernization: one boiler and a fore funnel were removed, speed has fallen to 24kts. 10.9.1943 she was captured at Pola by German troops and 8.11.1943 commissioned as TA21.
Modernizations: late 1943: - 1 x 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 102/45 S-A M1917, 5 x 1 - 20/65 M1940, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76
Naval service: Served on Adriatic Sea. 9.8.1944 TA21 was damaged by Allied aircraft, 5.11.1944 she was sunk at Fiume by British torpedo bomber.
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