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ADIGE water tanker with landing capability (1929)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Adige     Arsenale di Castellammare de Stabia 1927 31.10.1928 4/1929 captured by Germany 8.9.1943

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

810

Length, m

47.0

Breadth, m

9.60

Draught, m

2.28 aft 0.5 fore

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 8.80, can carry 48 mines as minelayer

Military load

infantry battalion

Complement

33

Project history: Water tanker with landing capability. Had small bow ramp.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 8.9.1943 Adige was captured by German troops at Patras and commissioned by Kriegsmarine.

 

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